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Kenya feeling marathon hero Kiptum's loss as Olympics near

Athletics Kenya president Jackson Tuwei poses during a interview with AFP in Geneva.[AFP]

Kenya had been hoping the late world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum could break the two-hour barrier at the Paris Olympics, the head of Kenyan athletics said, calling his tragic death "devastating".

Kiptum, a 24-year-old father of two, was killed in a late-night car crash on February 11, just months after setting a new marathon record in Chicago with a time of 2:00:35.

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