World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies in road accident. 24-year-old Kenyan and his coach were killed in a road accident in the athlete's home region of the Rift Valley.
A third passenger was taken to hospital. Kenyan President William Ruto saluted the memory of “an extraordinary sportsman who left an extraordinary mark” in sport. The death recalls the sudden death of another great Kenyan marathon runner, Samuel Wanjiru, at the same age in 2011, almost three years after his Olympic title.