The final event before the Tokyo world championships is this week’s Diamond League final in Zurich, where Federand Omanyala, who is the African 100-meter record, will be competing. Omanyala is injured.
The 29-year-old is one of 17 Kenyans who has qualified for Zurich, where the world’s elite athletes will compete on Wednesday and Thursday.
In light of recent severe hip, leg, and glute pain, Omanyala said, “I regret to inform you that I will not be able to participate in the Diamond League final.”
He stated in a statement posted on Instagram that he was optimistic about his recovery and that he would be fit for Tokyo (September 13 to 21).
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Omanyala, the only male athlete to compete in the 100 meters in Tokyo at the Kenyan trials in July, was chosen because he set the African 100-meter record of 9: 77 in September 2021.
This season, he has struggled to find his winning ways in the Diamond League.
In a race won by South Africa’s Akani Simbine and Jamaica’s Olympic champion Kishane Thompson, he finished second in China and Morocco, but he came in last in Shanghai.
Beatrice Chebet, a three-time world 1500m champion, and Faith Kipyegon, a three-time champion in the 10,000m will compete in Zürich.
They join Emmanuel Wanyonyi, the 800-meter champion at the Olympics and gold medalist in the Diamond League, who has won four games while moving the fastest this year.
Source: Channels TV
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