Marathon world record Kenyan star Kiptum died in a car accident on February 11 this year, as a compatriot and comrade-in-arms, "Running God" Kipchoge was shocked and sad, but he was accused by netizens of being related to Kiptum's death, and then was cyberbullied, and even death frightened, "Running God" recently said in an interview that he lost ninety percent of his friends, bluntly said: "I don't trust anyone anymore!" ”
Kiptum ran an astonishing 2:00:35 in his third marathon race at the Chicago Mara last October, breaking Kipchoge's world record of 2:01:09 and becoming the first athlete in history to complete a marathon in 2:01:09.
However, Kiptum died in a car accident with his coach 3 months ago at the age of 24, and the news is unacceptable.
But what is even more unimaginable is that Kipchoge was attacked on the Internet, and there are conspiracy theories that he is an indirect murderer of Kiptum's death, Kipchoge said in an interview: "People on social platforms say that I have something to do with the death of this boy (Kiptum), which is very shocking to me and the worst news I have ever received in my life." ”
Kipchoge revealed that he had received a lot of intimidation messages: "The training camp, the assets, the houses and the families that they said were going to be burned down, although they didn't happen, but that's the reality. I have forbidden my daughter to go out on a bicycle and have told my wife and mother to pay more attention to safety. ”
The rumours on the Internet are so strong that Kipchoge is accused of being behind the accident in Kiptum, and many of his friends believe that they are convinced of this rumor: "Even my fellow villagers, training partners and people I know are no exception, they all think I am the murderer, no one listens to me, it is very painful, and it is from them that the bad words come from...... I've lost about ninety percent of my friends. ”
In the face of the huge pressure around him, Kipchoge trained as usual and ran the Tokyo Marathon in March and March, but in the end he could only run 2 hours, 6 minutes and 50 seconds to finish 10th.
When asked why he was out of whack, Kipchoge said he didn't have a good break in the days in Tokyo and had the worst result of his career so far.
"When I was in Tokyo, I didn't sleep for three days, and that was my worst ranking ever." Kipchoge said the incident had dealt a serious blow to his career and psychology, lamenting that there is no such thing as a permanent friendship: "I don't trust anyone anymore, not even my shadow. "
Kipchoge is heading to the Paris Olympics as he seeks to achieve his triple marathon win in a row.