African Record Holder Ferdinand Omanyala Fails to Make It to 100 Metres Finals

• 100 metres African champion Ferdinand Omanyala will now turn his attention to the Commonwealth Games after he failed to qualify for the finals
• Omanyala finished fifth in his Heat which automatically knocked him out of a possible place in the final
• America's Fred Kerley will headline the list of the finalists that will also have three other Americans and Commonwealth champion Akani Simbine

It was heartbreak for Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala after he failed in his pursuit to make it to the finals of the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships.

Omanyala finished fifth in the third semifinal on Sunday morning to miss out on both the two automatic spots and the fastest qualification time.

The African champion ran a time of 10.14 in a Heat that was won by Jamaica's Oblique Seville, with America's Marvin Bracy coming in second.

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The two are joined by Fred Kerley, Christian Coleman, Akani SImbine and Trayvon Bromell as the automatic qualifiers.

Omanyala's chances to make it to his first World final were significantly boosted after Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs withdrew just before the race. The Italian has had issues with injuries this season that equally prevented a matchup with Omanyala at the Kip Keino classic in May.

However, Omanyala failed to recover from a bad start as he fell off the pace in the early stages. He had just arrived in the United States 24 hours ago, and the effects of the long journey seemingly caught up with him.

Just two days ago, he had been unsure whether he will even make it to the games due to visa issues.

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He will now head to Birmingham the other week for the Commonwealth games.

Kenya wins her first medals at the World Athletics Championships

Sports Brief had earlier reported that Kenya had officially started her medal hunt at the World Athletics Championships with silver and bronze medals in the Women's 10,000 metres in Oregon, USA.

Hellen Obiri and Margaret Kipkemboi finished second and third, respectively, on the second day of the championships. The world record holder, Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, won the race in one of the most epic finishes in history.

The defending champion Sifan Hassan finished fourth and hence failed in her pursuit to emulate Tirunesh Dibaba as the only woman to be able to defend her title successfully.