Africa’s fastest guy, Omanyala, will arrive in Oregon best three hours to his 100m heats
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It is actually a race against time – and Africa’s quickest guy will ought to do wonders to make it to the World Athletics Championships.
Ferdinand Omanyala got his US visa best Thursday afternoon – 24 hours before the race of his lifestyles. And that become with the intervention of the President of Kenya.
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flight from Nairobi to Oregon is eighteen+ hrs. Omanyala has 3hrs after touchdown to clear customs, get to the arena, pick accreditation, heat up, then compete with the alternative (nicely-rested) athletes.
Omanyala is also the joint third-quickest guy inside the global this yr, posting 9.85 seconds in May. The African file holder has an all-time best of 9.Seventy seven seconds – a time that could have handily won the Olympic identify final year in Tokyo.
Most recently, he beat one of the different favourites for the World Athletics Championships crown, South Africa’s Akani Simbine, for the duration of June’s African Athletics Championships. He looks to be in terrific shape heading into the Worlds.
He will race at 1850 Oregon time on Friday (1.50am Ghana time, early Saturday morning.)
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