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Ferdinand Omanyala wins LG Sports Personality of the Month award

Ferdinand Omanyala

African 100m record holder Ferdinand Omanyala poses with the trophy after he was namedt he LG Sports Personality of the Month for September 2021.

Photo credit: Pool |

By  Agnes Makhandia

Sports Reporter

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The award is sponsored by LG East Africa and awarded by SJAK.
  • The 26-year-old sprinter became the first ever Kenyan in 60 years to win the Commonwealth Games 100m title on August 3.

Commonwealth Games 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala is the LG Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) Sports Personality for August.

Omanyala, who has now won the award twice, hopes to equal and break Angela Okutoyi’s record of three awards.

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