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Joe Hernandez for NPR:

The man who set the record for the fastest marathon ever, Kelvin Kiptum, died in a car crash in his native Kenya on Sunday, the sports governing body World Athletics said. He was 24.

Kiptum shocked the running world last year when he blazed through the Chicago Marathon in 2 hours and 35 seconds. World Athletics had just ratified his historic time this past week.



Kiptum died in the crash alongside his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.

Such a tragic loss. RIP.

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