Kenya bids farewell to marathon prodigy Kiptum
In Kenya's athletics heartland, the funeral of marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum draws top athletes, dignitaries and hundreds of mourners to pay their last respects. "In Kelvin, we saw the future of athletics in Kenya," says President William Ruto. Kiptum's widow also gives a tearful tribute. "I mourn, my love," she says, "I have cried until no more." Kiptum, a 24-year-old father of two, was killed in a late-night car crash on February 11, just months after shattering the marathon record in Chicago.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 It's unbelievable that today I've
00:27 learned to stay with our beloved kids
00:31 without you coming home again.
00:33 I mourn my love.
00:35 I've cried until no more.
00:38 I'll miss you.
00:39 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:52 And it was really a very heavy moment for us,
00:57 because in Kelvin, we saw the future of athletics in Kenya.
01:05 He had more reasons not to succeed than he had to succeed.
01:12 But he worked against the odds.
01:17 Let's pray.
01:20 Father in the mighty name, without pain,
01:26 we want to come as you come in.
01:28 We'll be all blessed as you go out.
01:31 We were supposed to wait for Kelvin
01:33 to run his under two hours, but we are
01:37 lost him through road accident.
01:39 I know we are rivals in terms of races,
01:42 but friendship is the main with us.
01:47 That's why we are here to give him the final center.
01:51 It's really sad.
01:52 It's really sad.
01:53 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:56 --guide you on the exit protocols after that.
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