肯尼亚马拉松纪录保持者在车祸中丧生。 Kenyan marathon record-holder dies in car crash.
1月29日,肯尼亚马拉松世界纪录保持者、24岁的凯尔文·基普图姆和他的卢旺达教练热尔韦斯·哈基兹马纳在肯尼亚的一场车祸中不幸身亡。 Kenyan marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, aged 24, and his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana were tragically killed in a car crash in Kenya on 29 January. Kiptum 在 2022 年芝加哥马拉松赛上以不到 2 小时 1 分钟的成绩创造了马拉松纪录。 Kiptum had set the record for the marathon in under 2 hours, 1 minute at the 2022 Chicago Marathon. 他原定于四月参加鹿特丹马拉松比赛。 He was set to compete at the Rotterdam Marathon in April. 事故发生在肯尼亚西部埃尔多雷特和卡普塔加特之间的一条公路上,该地区是一个高海拔地区,以著名的长跑运动员训练基地而闻名。 The crash occurred on a road between Eldoret and Kaptagat in western Kenya, a high-altitude region known for being a renowned training base for long-distance runners.