Ferdinand Omanyala Loses First Race of the Season in Germany

• Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala was defeated for the first time this season during a warm-up race held at the Paul Greifzu Stadium in Germany
• Omanyala’s 10.14 seconds was bettered by Mudiyanselage Yupun who ran a time of 10.04 seconds to record his personal best time
• The Kenyan star now heads to the Czech Republic next week where he will compete at the Golden Spike Continental Tour Gold Meeting against Jamaican Yohan Blake

Kenya sprint sensation Ferdinand Omanyala tasted defeat for the very first time this season in the 100m race. Omanyala went down at the Internationales Leichtathletik meeting at the Paul Greifzu Stadium in Germany.

Omanyala finished second behind Sri Lankan international, Mudiyanselage Yupun Abeykoon. He ran a season-low of 10.14 seconds which was slower than Yupun’s 10.04 seconds. Yupun’s time was his personal best.

Capital Sports reports that Yupun gained ground on Omanyala in the last 40 minutes to beat him to the finish line. This is Omanyala’s first loss of the season having recorded victories in South Africa, Italy and at the Kip Keino Classic three weeks ago.

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He completed the 100m to smash the previous course record of 10.31 seconds set by the reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs. Omanyala completed a double at the races by also winning the 200 metres races.

The 26-year-old then used a time of 20.50 seconds to win the 200 metres races and cap off a wonderful weekend in Italy.

After Germany, Omanyala will now prepare himself for the Golden Spike Meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The meeting is a Continental Tour Gold race where he will face off with his hero, Yohan Blake.

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