Emotions are set to run high at the Eldoret Hospital morgue after chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor arrived to conduct a postmortem on world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum.
Family members of the athlete are expected at the hospital morgue along with homicide officers.
"We are set and waiting for the family to proceed," an official at the hospital said.
Dr Oduor is expected to brief the family and the media at the end of the exercise.
Later in the evening hundreds of athletes are expected to carry out a procession and candle-lighting exercise in Eldoret to honour their fallen colleague.
Local leaders are also expected to attend.
The procession will begin at the Eldoret arboretum and end at the Nandi Park where the candle lighting will be done.
Kiptum along with his coach died a week ago in a road accident along the Eldoret-Ravine road.
Homicide officers from the DCI headquarters are investigating the cause of the accident.
Kiptum will be buried at his Farm near Naiberi in Uasin Gishu county on Friday.
The body will be removed from the morgue tomorrow and escorted through the streets of Eldoret on the way home ahead of burial.
