100m national record holder Omanyala debuts Diamond League meeting

Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala reacts after qualifying or Olympics semifinals. [Reuters]

100m national record holder Ferdinand Omanyala is expected to make his Diamond League debut tonight in Brussels.

The Brussels meeting paved the way for the finals set to be staged in Zurich from September 8-9.

Omanyala has been shattering records.

He has twice set the national record, first at the National Trials (10.02) in Kasarani last June before breaking it in Tokyo, Japan (10.01) at the preliminary stages and 10.00 in the semis.

He set a new NR at the Josko Laufmeeting International when he ran the 9.96 in the semis and another 9.86 dash in the finals in Austria.

From there, he moved to Finland where he won the Lahti Motonet Grand Prix in 10.09, a performance that erased a 26-year-old championship record.

He broke another 35-year-old record at the White City Games in Finland.

These eye-catching performances would earn him a place at the Diamond League where the University of Nairobi student lined up against two Olympic medalists as he continues to write history after serving a two-year doping ban.