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Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala in action during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

Africa 100m record holder Ferdinand Omanyala carried his fine form to the world indoor tour as he beat Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy in men's 60m dash at Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Lievin, France, Wednesday night.

Omanyala, the Commonwealth Games champion, stopped the timer at 6.54 seconds, smashing his own national record of 6.55 seconds he had set just a week ago in Mondeville Meeting in France.

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