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Kelvin Kiptum breaks a world record in his U.S. marathon debut (www.npr.org)
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[–] CylonBunny@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pretty sure in Kenya “Kip” translates to something like “son of”. So Kipchogi is “son of Chogi” and Kiptum is “son of Tum”.

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

No wonder they gave me a nickname kipabitch