Eliud Kipchoge condemns online abuse wrongly linking him to death of Kelvin Kiptum
Eliud Kipchoge celebrates winning the 2023 Berlin Marathon. Photo: Marvin Ibo Guengoer/Getty Images
Eliud Kipchoge has revealed he feared for the lives of his family following a campaign of online abuse and conspiracy theories wrongly linking the two-time Olympic champion and marathon great to the tragic death of rising star Kelvin Kiptum.
Kiptum was killed in a car crash in February at the age of just 24, only months after the Kenyan broke compatriot Kipchoge’s world record in Chicago. Kiptum looked set to lower further records and challenge Kipchoge’s dominance over the sport.
