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CHEPKORIO (Kenya) — Hundreds of mourners paid an emotional tribute on Thursday (Feb 22) to Kenya's world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, ahead of his funeral in the nation's athletics heartland.
Hundreds of people gathered in the Kenyan athletics hub of Eldoret on Thursday for a funeral procession in honour of marathon prodigy Kelvin Kiptum, who died earlier this month when his car crashed into a tree. - 'Severe head injuries' - Police said Kiptum was driving near Eldoret around 11:00 pm (2000 GMT) when his car veered off the road into a ditch and hit a tree.
Kiptum was killed on February 11 at the age of 24, just a few months after he smashed the world marathon record.
Hundreds of mourners paid an emotional tribute on Thursday to Kenya's world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, ahead of his funeral in the nation's athletics heartland.