On Wednesday, the Kenyan government released autopsy details for the late Kelvin Kiptum, David Roche Smashes Leadville Course Record.
According to Johansen Oduor, a chief pathologist with the Kenyan government Advertisement - Continue Reading Below, the postmortem showed Kiptum died from “severe head injuries.”
Oduor said that Kiptum suffered from “severe skull fractures” as well as fractures on the left and right sides of his ribs and lung contusions. He said samples have been taken to conduct a toxicology report, but the results are not determined yet.
Kiptum’s body will be buried on Friday in Chepsamo village, his hometown, according to Reuters. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below.
Kiptum’s sudden death sent shockwaves across the world. He was only 24 years old and had won his first three marathons in dominant fashion. In October of 2023, he RW+ Membership Benefits at the Chicago Marathon, where he ran 2:00:35 to shatter Eliud Kipchoge’s previous record by 34 seconds.
Kiptum had publicly announced his intentions to break the 2-hour barrier at April’s Rotterdam Marathon. If successful, he would have been the first person to run sub-2 in an official race (Kipchoge’s 1:59:40 The Stats Behind Cooper Lutkenhaus’s Race.)
in 2019 was not a sanctioned race running community have paid their respects this month, and hundreds attended a memorial in Eldoret, Kenya, on Thursday, including Faith Kipyegon, according to Reuters.
Kiptum is survived by his wife, Asenath Cheruto Rotich, and two children.
RW+ Membership Benefits Runner’s World. He’s a former all-conference collegiate runner at Winthrop University, and he received his master’s degree in liberal arts studies from Wake Forest University, where he was a member of one of the top distance-running teams in the NCAA. Kahler has reported on the ground at major events such as the Paris Olympics, U.S. Olympic Trials, New York City Marathon, and Boston Marathon. He’s run 14:20 in the 5K, 1:05:36 in the half marathon, and enjoys spotting tracks from the sky on airplanes. (Look for colorful ovals around football fields.)
