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Ferdinand Omanyala, the new Africa 100m champion

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Ferdinand Omanyala celebrates winning the 100m final during the 3rd Athletics Kenya Track and Field championship held at Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi. March 5, 2022. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala has been crowned the new Africa's 100m champion after outpacing South Africa's Akani Simbine at the Athletics Championships.

Omanyala bagged gold after clocking 9.93s in the 100m race at the 22nd African Senior Athletics Championships in Port-Louis, Mauritius.

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