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During the just concluded National Championships, more than 10 sprinters showed up to fight for top honours and most of them displayed remarkable results.
Commonwealth Games 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala is impressed by the number of upcoming sprinters in the country and he noted that his greatest joy is to see them record sub-10 performances going forward.
During the just concluded National Championships, more than 10 sprinters showed up to fight for top honours and most of them displayed remarkable results which warmed the heart of the African champion.
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16:54 - 24.06.2023
ATHLETICS Omanyala reveals next challenge after crusing to victory at National Championships
The Commonwealth Games champion cruised to the finish line in 9.96 ahead of Meshack Babu of KDF who clocked 10.50.
Omanyala, who was also in action, noticed the numbers and was happy with the times most of the athletes posted.
Speaking after successfully defending his national title, Omanyala said: “I’m happy and impressed with the level of competition because the athletes have posted very good times. That’s the growth that I want for the sprints…I’m looking forward to seeing people record sub-10 performances…that will be my joy for this country,” he said.
He added that so far, things are looking up and he is glad to have been the trailblazer and show the whole world that even Kenya can produce a great sprinter.
Omanyala added that most people were afraid of taking the leap of faith and venturing into the sprints but he is happy that the poor mindset is slowly going away.
“So far so good, people are coming up. The first thing was to break the mind ceiling that most people had. Most of them had that mentality that they can’t compete in the 100m.
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11:29 - 24.06.2023
ATHLETICS Ferdinand Omanyala explains how Diamond League meetings have benefited him
Omanyala, who is the fastest man in the world so far this year, will be looking to become the first African to win a medal at the World Championships.
The mind ceiling is now broken and it’s up to the athletes to do the work…but I’m happy with where we are placed at the moment,” he said.
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