Kelvin Kiptum’s Father Speaks on Son’s death, appeals for help.
Olympic world record holder Kelvin Kiptum’s father has broken his silence and spoken to media stations about his son’s death and appealed for help from kenyans.
Speaking during an interview, Kiptum’s father Samson Cheruiyot has said that Kiptum was his only child and has left him with grandchildren to take care of upon his sudden demise.
“Kiptum was my only child. Now he has left me and my grandchildren. I do not know what to do. If the government can, it should help us. We are stuck now with no one who can help us.”
According to him, he spoke with Kiptum on Saturday night after which the Olympic World record holder told him that people from his team in Europe will be coming to build them a house and buy them a car.
Speaking on the upcoming Olympics events, Samson Cheruiyot, Kiptum’s father said that his son told him that he feels his bofy was in good shape and could do another new world recod in the upcoming olympic events.
“On Saturday night, I talked to him and he told me that he would go to Crossbar and return home. When he returned, he told me that a man (a white man) would come to build us a house. He also told me that he would run for 1 hour 58 minutes (in the upcoming race) because he felt his body was in great shape.”
Kiptum’s father also noted that four days before his death, he received a strange visit from four individuals who refused to identify themselves.
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“Unidentified people came to my house and told me that they were Kenyans. The four refused to identify themselves,” Cheruiyot recalled while failing to disclose the motive of their visit.