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World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has shared how the death of Kelvin Kiptum saw the Chicago Marathon acquire the prestigious Heritage Plaque.
World Athletics president Sebastien Coe has said the tragic death of Kelvin Kiptum was pivotal in the Chicago Marathon (1977) acquiring the World Athletics Heritage Plaque in the category of the competition.
Celebrating a history of the marathon running in the Illinois city that stretches back more than a century, Coe said the Chicago Marathon world record history also informed their decision.
"The Chicago Marathon has an illustrious world record history, poignantly highlighted in February this year by the tragic death of Kelvin Kiptum. The young, prodigiously talented Kenyan had set the current men's world record in the city last October, coming just 35 seconds short of the two-hour mark," Coe said.
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The World Athletics Heritage Plaque is a location-based recognition, awarded for an outstanding contribution to the worldwide history and development of the sport of track and field athletics and of out of stadia athletics disciplines such as cross country, mountain, road, trail and ultra-running, and race walking.
"Chicago is a jewel in the international Marathon calendar, boasting the newly crowned Olympic champion Sifa Hassan as it's women's course record holder," Coe explained.
The city of Chicago first held a marathon in 1905. Like many other US cities, Chicago followed the example of Boston which had established an annual marathon in 1897, the year following the creation of the marathon race at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens.
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"The Chicago Marathon thoroughly deserves the heritage plaque which recognises an outstanding contribution to the history and development of road running," added Coe.
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