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.