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At home with Ferdinand Omanyala

Ferdinand Omanyala [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

On Friday, Kenyan sensational sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala came second behind world champion Noah Lyles by a hundredth of a second at the Paris Diamond League. Omanyala ran 9.98 seconds to American Lyles' 9.97 in the men's 100 metres.

Omanyala is a man of many firsts. The athlete specialising in the 100 and 200 metres is the Commonwealth champion and African champion.

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