Category: Track and Field

Ferdinand Omanyala Storms to 100m World Lead 9.79 at Kenyan Trials

Sunday, 16 June 2024 | 02:55

Sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala won the 100m at the Kenyan Olympic trials with an impressive time of 9.79, setting the world's best mark of the year, just over a month before the Paris Games.

Until now, the best time of the year belonged to Jamaican Oblique Seville, who ran a 9.82 on June 2 in Kingston.

This is Omanyala’s second-best personal time, having set the African record of 9.77 in 2021.

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