The London Marathon paid tribute to last year’s winner Kelvin Kiptum with a period of applause before the start of the men’s race on Sunday.
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Today in History: First Boston Marathon held
On April 19, 1897, the first Boston Marathon was held; winner John J. McDermott ran the course in two hours, 55 minutes and 10 seconds.
Family dreams and hopes ‘shattered’ after Chicago Marathon winner’s death in Kenya
Kelvin Kiptum’s father told a Kenyan TV network that his only child had promised — a day before his death — to build him a house and buy him a car through running.
Chicago Marathon winner and world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a car crash in Kenya
Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday. He was 24.