Ferdinand Omanyala: Africa’s Fastest Man and Commonwealth Champion Eyes More Glory in Switzerland and Germany

• African record holder in the 100 metres races Ferdinand Omanyala will be looking to end his season with victories in the World Athletics Continental Tours
• Omanyala will compete in Switzerland and Germany in what will be his last races in a highly eventful season
• He was able to win the African and Commonwealth titles, among other races

Ferdinand Omanyala will be looking to end his season on a positive note when he takes part in the World Athletics Continental Tours of Switzerland and Germany.

The newly-crowned Commonwealth Champion will compete at the Spitzen Leichtathletick World Continental Tour in Lucerne, Switzerland next week before wrapping it up with the ISTAF World Continental Tour Silver in Berlin, Germany.

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The African record holder has been a season of mixed extreme highs and lows. Omanyala won the Kenyan edition of the Continental Tour when he floored, among others, Fred Kerley at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi.

He then won a couple of more races before dethroning South African Akani Simbine to win the African title In Mauritius. He was unable to qualify for the finals of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon after a delayed visa hampered his preparations.

Omanyala, however, atoned for his Oregon disappointments by becoming the first Kenyan to win the 100 metres gold at the Commonwealth Games.

Speaking to Star Sports earlier in the week, Omanyala quipped that the intention was to finish the season on a high.

The 26-year-old skipped the more competitive Diamond League meetings despite being invited to participate.

Ferdinand Omanyala questions the new qualifying standards set by World Athletics

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Sports Brief had earlier reported that Africa's fastest man and record holder Ferdinand Omanyala has questioned the new qualifying standards set by the World Athletics for Budapest 2023.

Budapest will host the next edition of the World Athletics Championships next year after a successful edition in Oregon, USA.

The world governing body for Athletics stoked controversy when it revised the qualification times athletes need to meet to qualify for the event. The qualification times were reduced in every event except in the 400 metres men and 800 metres women, where the times were revised upwards.