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Kenyan marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident in the Great Rift Valley on Sunday, ending the run of the only marathon runners to finish in less than two hours and one hour. The career of a man who has finished this endurance classic in minutes.