Three men who visited Kiptum's house before his death are arrested. The three were arrested this Wednesday at the police station in the city of Kaptagat in Elgeyo Marakwet county (west) The 24-year-old athlete died along with his coach, the Rwandan Gervais Hakizimana, in a traffic accident this Sunday night in a car that the athlete himself was driving.
He rose to world fame on October 8, when he set a time of 2h00:35 and clearly lowered the previous record held by his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge.