Race director Carey Pinkowski told CBS 2 that the first thing Kiptum did after finishing was to look for the last man to set the world record in Chicago, Khalid Khannouchi.
CHICAGO -- On a near-perfect fall day for running in Chicago, Kelvin Kiptum had just spent two hours torching the Chicago Marathon course, leaping like a small child into the arms of race director Carey Pinkowski. Kiptum destroyed the world marathon record held by another Kenyan running legend, Eliud Kipchoge, and he made it look effortless. With an unlimited potential ahead of him, Kelvin Kiptum was killed in a car accident on Sunday in Kenya. He was 24-years-old.
'In just his third marathon, Kiptum covered the Chicago course in 2:00.35. Compared with Kannouchi's 2:05:42 world mark set in 1999, Kiptum would have finished more than a full mile in front. 'He had just scratched the surface,' said Pinkowski. 'It was his third marathon. I mean, if you reflect back on his performance, you can see that I think he had a lot left.
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