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How crash ended Kiptum's promising career

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Kelvin Kiptum (left) died on Sunday along the Eldoret-Ravine highway following a tragic road crash. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The wreckage of a blue car, involved in a road accident that claimed the life of marathon star Kelvin Kiptum, told a tale of a horror road crash.

Kiptum, the men's marathon World Record holder, was full of promises even during his last moments.

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