‘Exhausted’ Kelvin Kiptum cancelled plans with family because of headache on day he died, says wife

He was said to have promised to phone her shortly afterwards, during half time of the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Manchester United. ‘I told him he trained too much’ Rotich earlier told Citizen TV she had warned her husband he “trained too much” trying to become the first person to break the two-hour barrier in an official race at April’s Rotterdam Marathon. Kiptum’s father calls for investigation Kiptum’s father, Samson Cheruiyot, told the same network he wanted an official investigation to be opened into Sunday’s crash, saying that four “unidentified people” came looking for his son in the days before his death. At our age, we don’t have any help and he has left children.” Kiptum, who was 24, was regarded as a once in a generation talent after winning his first three marathons, including a course record in London last April before becoming the first person to go under 2hr 1min when he set a new world record in Chicago in October. Kiptum’s coach, Gervais Hakizimana, was also killed in Sunday’s car crash but a third passenger in the Toyota Premio, Sharon Chepkirui Kosgei, was taken to hospital in nearby Eldoret where she was later discharged.