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The win now sees Omanyala hand Kenya its first African 100M gold title in 32 years

Sensational Kenyan athlete Ferdinand Omanyala has defeated South Africa’s Akani Simbine to win the 100m race in the ongoing African Senior Athletics Championships in Mauritius.

Omanyala clocked 9.93 seconds. 

The win now sees Omanyala hand Kenya its first African 100M gold title in 32 years.

{Omanyala becomes the fastest man in Africa. IMAGE: COURTESY}

The win was received well by Kenya's ministry of sports which tweeted:

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"OMANYALA is officially the FASTEST MAN in AFRICA! He bags gold in the 100M at the 22nd African Senior Athletics Championships in Port-Louis, Mauritius."

Omanyala could not hide his joy at clinching the first medal of his career.

"I am so happy considering we have also equaled the championship record. We started off with a false start but thank God the ending was perfect," Omanyala said.

His win came only a few minutes after Winnie Chebet had clinched Kenya's first gold in the continental showpiece, timing 4:16.10 to win the women's 1500m.