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Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala has put himself in a good position to vie for an Olympics medal after recording better times than favourites Noah Lyles, Oblique Seville and Co.Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala heads to the Paris 2024 Olympics among the in-form runners in the 100m as he has the world’s second fastest time. Omanyala clocked a world leading 9.79 at the Athletics Kenya Olympics trials in Nairobi on June 15, showing how he is peaking at the right moment for the Olympics set to take place next month. Omanyala’s time was, however, beaten by Jamaican Kishane Thompson, who lowered it to 9.77 at the Olympics trials in Kingston on Friday, setting the stage for an epic battle. What will give the Kenyan confidence is that his time is quicker than that posted by world champion Noah Lyles, who managed 9.83 to win the US Olympics finals, and Oblique Seville (9.82) of Jamaica. It is also better than Kenny Bednarek (9.87), Fred Kerley (9.88), Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs (9.92) and Jamaican Ackeem Blake (9.92) whom he will be competing with in Paris.
