Kenya will have an opportunity of bagging medals in four events with the women’s 100m, 5,000m and 1500m final also scheduled for today. Meanwhile, Omanyala will be up for his second charge of a medal as he leads the Kenyan team out for the men’s 4x100m heats which will be the last event for the day. Homeboy Bibi Noa, Nigeria’s Raymond Ekevwo, Cameroon’s Emanuel Eseme, Gilbert Maseko of Namibia and South African Bruintjies Henricho are the other men at the starting blocks of the men’s 100m. Simbine clocked the closest time to him in the semis, having run 10.09secs in winning his semi-final heat. He will come face to face with South African Akani Simbine again having already beaten him at the Athletics South Africa Championships in May. That is something I worked hard for and I am looking forward to giving a good performance,” said Omanyala.įerdinand Omanyala during a training session at the Kasarani Annex. I always want to give people a show and coming here, all eyes are on me and everyone expects something. “I t is a motivation because now everyone expects me to run fast. Meanwhile, Omanyala says the new expectation around his head is not pressure on him but a motivation to go on and give a good performance.
“I hope to break the record but most of all I want to get the African gold medal,” he adds. Having already run 9.86secs for a season’s best at the Kip Keino Classic run in high altitude in Nairobi, Omanyala is more than capable of lowering the 9.93secs mark. The record is held by Nigerian Sean Ogunkoya set in Dakar in 1998. I am hoping the conditions will be perfect, I hope it won’t rain and I hope for a perfect race,” Omanyala said after he cruised to the final. “The championship record was set when I was two years old, so I am looking forward to breaking it in the final. Omanyala was peerless as he literally cruised in winning his heat in 10.05secs and the semis in 10.07secs on Wednesday, and now he has set sights on the Championship Record of 9.94secs set in 1998 and the Gold medal. 21.NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 9 – African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala will line up from Lane 6 on Thursday afternoon in the final of the men’s 100m as he seeks his first ever major title at the Africa Athletics Championship in Mauritius. If it does not favour us, we will go to CAS."Įcuador are in Group A alongside hosts Qatar, Senegal and the Netherlands. We will wait for the arguments and we will appeal to FIFA. "The FIFA ruling surprisingly did not favour us despite strong evidence. "We are losing 1-0, but there is still the second half," Milad said at a news conference with Carlezzo. "Especially their lawyer, who put forward a version that doubted the actions of the Ecuadorian soccer federation and also doubted the actions of our authorities."ĪNFP president Pablo Milad said they would appeal and even take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if required. "We celebrate it more because we felt humiliated, we felt trampled by the great media campaign from the Chilean federation," Egas said later at a news conference. However, the Chilean FA's lawyer Eduardo Carlezzo had said that if Chile were given the points from the two games against Ecuador in which Castillo played they would have gone to the World Cup in their place. "We always knew we were on the right side, let's go Ecuador!"Įgas also attached the letter from FIFA which said the Disciplinary Committee had dismissed the charges and closed the disciplinary procedure initiated against the FEF.Ĭhile finished seventh in qualifying with 19 points. "Today sporting justice has been done," FEF president Francisco Egas wrote on Twitter. Fifth-placed Peru face a playoff next week. If they had lost points for the games in which Castillo appeared, they would have missed out on a place in Qatar.Įcuador are one of four South American teams who have already qualified for the World Cup finals later this year, along with Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. "The present decision remains subject to an appeal before the FIFA Appeal Committee."Įcuador picked up 14 of their 26 points in matches Castillo played. "After analysing the submissions of all parties concerned and considering all elements brought before it, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided to close the proceedings initiated against the FEF (Ecuadorean Football Association)," it said in a statement. Messaging app Telegram to launch paid subscription plan.Trump says daughter Ivanka had 'checked out' on election issues.
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