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Father, samson cheruiyot, as well as his widow, asenath rotich. Kiptum's premature death is reminiscent of that of another great kenyan marathoner, samuel wanjiru, the 2008 olympic champion who lost his life at the age of 24 after falling from a balcony in beijing in 2011.This mtb recreation will take place on june 15, so there is still time to prepare and get excited to travel the 155 kilometers of the route around lake arenal. The 30th edition promises many emotions and some changes, the main one being that it will take place in a single day and also that there will be two starts or starts of the race. One of them will be from tilarán and the other from the arenal d Country Email List am in la fortuna de san carlos. Advertisements “from 10-year-old children to adults over 70 years old participate, making it clear that it is not a competition and that time is not an important factor since each one finishes it according to the level of training they have,” said josé miguel arce. , spokesperson for the organization. Arce indicated that the return to tilarán is thanks to the natives of that guanacaste canton, who sought to relive this national cycling festival. The registration cost is ¢40,000 per person. Those interested can enter the site www.Mitienda.Cr and look for the tab with the name of the event to confirm their participation. The organization hopes to receive more than three thousand cyclists who enjoy the sport and the beauties of the area.The new athletics phenomenon, 24 years old, married and father of two children, died on sunday night around 11:00 p.M. Local time (8:00 p.M. Gmt) near the town of kaptagar, in the rift valley, his region of origin and where he was training, the police announced.
Kiptum was driving the car in which a total of three people were traveling. “the two (deceased) are kiptum and his coach,” said peter mulinge, police commander of elegeyo marakwet county, in western kenya. “it was kiptum who was driving towards eldoret when he lost control (…) killing two occupants at the scene. “a passenger was injured and she was rushed to the hospital,” he added. Advertisements according to the police report consulted by afp, kiptum “lost control (of the car) and left the road,” rolling “about 60 meters before hitting a large tree. Kenyan television offered images of the state in which the vehicle was left, with the windshield collapsed and the roof completely deformed by the impact. Kiptum set the world best mark (2 hours and 35 seconds) in the chicago marathon last october and was in the preparation phase for the paris olympic games. Kelvin kiptum of kenya runs to the line to win the men's race at the end of the 2023 london marathon in central london on april 23, 2023. (afp) kipchoge “deeply sad” that kiptum mark was the third time it had been set as a men's world record in chicago, and the first since 1999, when moroccan khalid khannouchi did it. Kiptum took the record from his compatriot eliud kopchoge, who reacted on social media to the death of his rival, showing himself “deeply sad.” “an athlete with his whole life ahead of him to achieve excellence,” he added. Kiptum also won his two previous marathons, in his debut in valencia in 2022 and the following year in london.
The kenyan athlete had announced his intention to become the first man to run an official marathon in less than two hours, at the rotterdam competition on april 14. Kenyan president william ruto called kiptum “an extraordinary athlete” who left a mark on the world. “possibly one of the best athletes who broke barriers to achieve a marathon record,” ruto published on the social network x, where he described kiptum as “our future.” (files)kelvin kiptum of kenya celebrates winning the 2023 bank of america chicago marathon in chicago, illinois, in a world record time of two hours and 35 seconds, on october 8, 2023. (afp) “extraordinary athlete” sebastian coe, president of world athletics, said he was “shocked and saddened to learn of this devastating loss.” “on behalf of world athletics, we send our heartfelt condolences to their families, friends, colleagues and kenya,” coe said in a statement. “an incredible athlete leaves an incredible legacy, he will be greatly missed.” “we were looking forward to welcoming him to the olympic community at the paris 2024 games and seeing what the fastest marathoner was capable of,” wrote thomas bach, president of the international olympic committee, in x. Double kenyan olympic 800m champion david rudisha called kiptum's death “a huge loss.” athletics kenya sent its condolences “to the entire athletics community at this difficult time.” coach hakizimana, originally from rwanda, was a runner who trained for years in kenya, where he met kiptum in the town of chepkorio. In the kiptum family village, several residents came to comfort the athlete's father, samson cheruiyot, as well as his widow, asenath rotich.