What Ferdinand Omanyala Will Earn After 7th Place Finish in Men’s 100m in Budapest

• August 20, 2023, was a day to forget for Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala
• He was 7th in the 100 metres final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
• American star Noah Lyles won the race in a world-leading time of 9.83 seconds

It was a disappointing 2023 World Athletics Championships for Kenyan sprinter, Ferdinand Omanyala, who finished seventh in the men's 100-metre final, which Noah Lyles won.

The American clocked 9:83 to bag gold, while the 27-year-old Kenyan ran 10.07. Despite missing out on a medal, Omanyala will not come home empty-handed as every athlete in the top 8 walks away with some prize money.

Lyles was in top form throughout the event and narrowly won the final, beating a star-studded field that included Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, America's Christian Coleman, Jamaica's Oblique Seville, and Britain's Zharnel Hughes.

Tebogo finished second, becoming the first-ever African to win a medal in the 100m at the World Championships. He clocked 9.88 seconds, while Hughes completed the podium in 9.88 seconds.

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Just 0.004 seconds separated the silver medal from fourth place, per NBC Sports. Seville finished fourth while Coleman finished fifth.

100m men's prize money

Every athlete who finishes in the top 8 in their respective discipline will take home some money.

Here is a breakdown of what the top 8 will earn in the final, per World Athletics. A total of $8,498,000 in prize money will be on offer in Budapest, Hungary.

Omanyala will thus take home $6,000 following his disappointing performance. When converted to Kenyan shillings, it works out to K865,760.

Africa's fastest man was having a great season prior to this and he will be looking to bounce back by winning the Diamond League final next month in Eugene.

For now, the Kenyan sprinter will need to take a step back and evaluate his performance and see where it all went wrong.

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Omanyala explains where 100m went wrong

Sports Brief also reported on Omanyala explaining what went wrong for him as he struggled to make the 100 final and then ended in seventh place.

He finished third in Heat 1 of the semi-final with a time of 10.02 seconds, meaning he qualified as the fastest loser and the writing was on the wall.