Eliud Kipchoge: I Mourned Kiptum For Only 15 Minutes
Kipchoge added that he also received threats from people who alleged to set his Eldoret house on fire but later on, it never happened. Photo courtesy: Kipchoge(R), Kiptum(L)
Kenya’s finest marathoner Eliud Kiochoge has said the sudden death of youngster Kelvin Kipchoge shocked him. In an exclusive with the NTV sports desk, Kipchoge said the sudden death made him mourn Kiptum for just 15 minutes.
On 12th February 2024 at midnight when Kiptum died in a horrible road accident in Uasin County after the vehicle he was driving veered off the road, Kipchoge said he received heartbreaking news from one of his trainees.
To verify if the sad news was true, he asked the four trainees what had happened to Kelvin Kiptum and he was told it was a road accident.
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“The 12th of February was bad. I mourned Kiptum for only 15 minutes. The reason is, I was in training with the boys, and I got my training mates, four of them at the gate and one of them told me Kiptum had died.” Kipchoge narrated.
Shockingly, Kipchoge recounted that as soon he took a phone to verify what he heard about Kiptum, he bumped on social media comments alleging he was the one who had killed Kiptum.
“I was in shock. I rushed to the room for a shower and came down to get the phone. Immediately when I got the phone, instead of mourning the death of somebody, the whole thing came into my site that I was the one, who killed him,” he explained.
Kipchoge added that he also received threats from people who alleged to set his Eldoret house on fire but later on, it never happened.
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