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Omanyala ends season with third place finish in Croatia meet
Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala competes during the men's 4x100m relay round 1 athletics event at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham on day nine of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, on August 6, 2022.
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What you need to know:
- Omanyala clocked 10.19 seconds to finish third behind Bracy, who won in 9.97sec and European 100m bronze medallist Jeremiah Azu timed 10.14sec for second
- It was Omanyala’s 25th race of the season over 100m and his last in Zagreb, having dipped under 10 seconds in six of them including his season’s best when winning the Kip Keino Classic in May
Commonwealth Games and Africa 100 metres champion Ferdinand Omanyala lost to American World 100m silver medallist Marvin Bracy for the second time in 100m at the Memorial Borisa Hanžekovića meeting in Zagreb, Croatia on Sunday.
Omanyala clocked 10.19 seconds to finish third behind Bracy, who won in 9.97sec and European 100m bronze medallist Jeremiah Azu timed 10.14sec for second.
