Africa's fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala shut his doubters up at the Kip Keino Classic, by defeating Kenny Bendarek and Marvin Bracy in front of his home crowd.
Racing in front of his home ground, Ferdinand Omanyala backed up his pre-race bragging words with actions, blazing to a scorching world lead of 9.84s (-0.5) to win the 100m event at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya.
The African and Commonwealth champion defeated world silver medallists in the 200m and 100m Kenny Bendarek, who clocked a Season's Best (SB) of 9.98s, and Marvin Bracy, also in an SB of 10.03s.
Omanyala remains undefeated in the 100m this season, making it back-to-back wins after his windy 9.78s victory at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix.
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