Kenyan sprint star Ferdinand Omanyala has withdrawn from the Diamond League final in Zurich due to injury, Afrosport reports. The 29-year-old African 100m record holder was set to compete at the event set for the Letzigrund Stadium on Wednesday, 27 August and Thursday, 28 August. He has, however, confirmed his absence, citing hip, iliopsoas and gluteal pain. “Due to recent hip, iliopsoas and gluteal pain experienced...
Team Kenya are building up to the commencement of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the departure of the first batch of athletes on Sunday evening. The East African country will have 83 athletes compete in six sports in Paris - athletics, rugby sevens, judo, fencing, swimming and volleyball, two fewer than the 85 athletes who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Kenya's Sevens Rugby team...
Africa's fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala has been struggling with his mental health since he finished seventh in the final of the men's 100m event at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. Omanyala's coach Duncan Ayiemba claims the Kenyan sprint star is yet to get over his disappointing result in Budapest after he finished the 100m final in 10.07 seconds. USA's Noah Lyles claimed the 100m gold with...
The 2023 World Athletics Championships is less than 48 hours upon us as elite athletes gather at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary to compete for glory. African athletes are not left out in this and Afrosport takes a look at the top 10 athletes that have a strong shot at claiming medals. 1.) Tobi Amusan Country: Nigeria Discipline: 100 Metres Hurdles World Ranking: 1...
History was made at the Florence Diamond League on Friday as Kenya's middle-distance runner Faith Kipyegon set a new world record to win the women's 1500m event. The Olympic Games and World 1500m champion shattered the previous record held by Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba in 2015 after winning Friday's race with a time of 3 minutes and 49.11 seconds. She fended off competition from Britian's Laura Muir...
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