Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot was a Kenyan long-distance runner who held the marathon world record between 2023 and 2026. As of 2026, he still held two of the six fastest times running marathons in history,
Kiptum at the 2023 London Marathon
Setting the world record at the Chicago Marathon in 2023
Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Kipchoge is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world rec
Kelvin Kiptum
…fourth-fastest time ever of 2:01:53, becoming the third man in history to break two hours and two minutes. Only his compatriot and then-world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele had run faster up to that point. Kiptum set the quickest second half in marathon history with a time of 60:15 (including…
Kipchoge at the 2015 Berlin Marathon
Kipchoge (third from the right) during the 5000 m heat at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He won a silver medal in the final.
Wilson Kipsang (front) and Kipchoge (behind) running in the 2013 Berlin Marathon in which Kipsang set the world record with 2:03:23 and Kipchoge, racing in his second marathon, finished second, 42 seconds later.
Kipchoge races in the 2015 London Marathon.