[HIGHLIGHTS] The last goodbye to Kelvin Kiptum: a crowd attended the funeral in Kenya to say goodbye to the athlete who died at the age of 24

Kelvin Kiptum, 24, died on February 11 in a traffic accident in Kenya. He was one of the top candidates for Olympic gold in Paris in the marathon discipline.

Thousands of people came to his heartfelt funeral in his hometown of Chepkorio. Kenyan president William Ruto: "In Kelvin we saw the future of athletics in Kenya" "I will miss you, you are the love of my life forever until we meet again," said the athlete's widow, Asenath Cheruto.