The 2022 London Marathon champion Amos Kipruto has been discharged from a London hospital after collapsing in the final kilometres of the race.
Kenya Airways, who partnered with Nation Media Group for the event, will fly home the Kenyan athletes.
The plane carrying the athletes is expected to land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Tuesday at 5 am from London.
Kenya’s long-distance runner Kipruto stated that he was feeling much better and ready to travel home with the rest of the team on Monday evening after receiving treatment.
Kipruto, the 2019 world marathon champion, disclosed that he collapsed with two kilometres to go when he suffered muscle cramps and lactic acid.
He stated that he decided not to take water as he pushed on through stomach pains and muscle cramps caused by the rainy weather.
Kipruto congratulated the new London Marathon champion, Kelvin Kiptum, and Geoffrey Kamworor, who finished second.
Kipruto’s coach, Claudio Berardelli, said his athlete would soon return stronger and better. Kiptum set a new course record in London, winning in two hours, one minute, and 25 seconds, only missing the world record by 18 seconds.
Three-time world half marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor settled second, while world marathon champion Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia claimed the last podium place.
The women’s world record holder, Brigid Kosgei, who won in London in 2019 and 2020, limped out with a left leg hamstring injury less than four minutes into the race.
She had been battling a series of injuries since claiming silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir was the only Kenyan to finish on the podium, claiming the third position.
Sifan Hassan, Olympic 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters champion won the race in 2:18:33, beating Ethiopia’s Alemu Megertu (2:18:37) and Jepchirchir in a sprint finish.
