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AK says they will not pick Omanyala

Ferdinand Omanyala at Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday, Jan 23, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

An adamant Athletics Kenya (AK) has told sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala that he will not be included in the Olympics Games squad.

Omanyala hit the qualifying mark when he posted a national record time of 10.01 in the 100m at the Yabatech Sport Complex in Lagos, Nigeria on March 30. But his Olympic dream is being haunted by the ghosts of doping from an incident that occurred way back in 2017.

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