Athletes, family members and friends are gathering at the Eldoret Hospital morgue to collect the body of World Marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum.
The 24-year-old's death in a road accident nearly two weeks ago on his way home has devastated the farming community in Chepsamo village.
Outside the quiet verandah of the Hospital's morgue, a sombre atmosphere envelopes the air as friends and family gather to bid their final farewell to Kiptum.
Their faces filled with sorrow, moved with heavy hearts as they gather outside the cold, stainless-steel doors of the morgue.
Samson Cheruiyot, father to Kiptum could not hold back his tears as he arrived at the mortuary where the body of his son had stayed for some days.
The situation was no different for Kiptum's mother, Mary Kangongo who was being supported by loved ones as she prepared to view her son's body.
Kiptum's widow, Asenath Rotich covered her face with a handkerchief as she mourned her husband and father to their two kids.
Slain Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptengei accorded military burial