Omanyala won easily ahead of defending champion Akani Simbine of South Africa. Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon took bronze.
Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala won the men’s 100m at the Commonwealth Games in a time of 10.02.
Omanyala won easily ahead of defending champion Akani Simbine of South Africa. Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon took bronze.
“I am over the moon, I thrive on the hype of this sort of event,” Omanyala is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
The eighth-fastest man of all time and African champion became the first Kenyan to win the Commonwealth Games title.
On Twitter he said: “Indeed nothing is impossible.” – BBC
