Nairobi — African 100m document holder Ferdinand Omanyala will head to the FBK Video games in Hengelo, a World Athletics Continental Gold Tour meet within the Netherlands on Sunday, for his closing competitors earlier than switching power and focus to the Olympic Video games in Paris.
Omanyala has advised Capital Sport that this sojourn within the Netherlands will likely be essential in chiselling out his closing program for Paris, the place he hopes to knock on the door of historical past by doing higher than Tokyo 2020 when he reached the semis.
“Hengelo for us will likely be like a time trial so I’ll go there and push exhausting in order that I do know the place we’re earlier than we head to the pre-Olympic camp in Miramas. It will likely be like a designer for our program heading to the Olympics,” Omanyala mentioned.
He added; “It should assist us to know the place we’re, what to work on, our strengths and weaknesses and this will likely be essential for our preparation for the Olympic Video games.”
Omanyala’s sixth race of the season
Hengelo will likely be Omanyala’s sixth race of the season, and the 26-year outdated says the truth that he has restricted himself to fewer races this marketing campaign implies that he has extra within the gasoline.
His coach Geoffrey Kimani believes that he’s at a greater area presently, and so they have executed a lot of the work already this season. He says, going into Hengelo will likely be like a map in direction of Paris.
“Hengelo will give us a transparent indication of the place we’re and that informs the coaching program going into Miramas. We now have executed a lot so far and that makes the work simpler going into the ultimate spherical of preparation. We’re getting there,” famous Kimani.
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Omanyala presently has the second quickest time this yr, having run a hitherto world lead of 9.79 on the Group Kenya Olympic Trials on the Nyayo Nationwide Stadium three weeks in the past.
Working 9.79 a shock
Jamaican Kishane Thompson presently has the world main time of 9.77, o.02 sooner than Omanyala, clocked on the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston final Friday.
“Working 9.79 was a shock to me as a result of we did not anticipate that too early. But it surely additionally implies that I’ve numerous pace within the tank. I did not need to run that quick in Kenya; I wished to do it exterior. However it’s quantity two on this planet now and we take it,” Omanyala says.
He provides; “It offers me extra confidence transferring ahead as a result of it’s the quickest I’ve run since 2021 and it means we’re on track.”
Omanyala’s largest ambition stays successful an Olympic medal, and he says he feels his physique is peaking on the proper time and will likely be in line to battle for a podium end within the streets of Paris.
