Omanyala opens up on 4x100m relay heartbreak at Commonwealth Games - Capital Sports
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Kenya's 4x100m team at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. PHOTO/Kelly Ayodi

Athletics

Omanyala opens up on 4x100m relay heartbreak at Commonwealth Games

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 30 – Ferdinand Omanyala has opened up on the heartbreak of missing out the possibility of two medals at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, due to the 4x100m relay team’s mess up with the baton exchange in the final.

Omanyala was on the way to earning two medals, but the team could not finish the final, with the baton not even getting to Omanyala after mix-up in the second exchange.

“It was a big heartbreak. We really ran good in the semis and we enjoyed it because we had a good outing as a team. But the final was a heartbreak,” Omanyala says.

“In relay, you have four people and it is a team sport. When you have one team member who doesn’t really have a great feeling and doesn’t take it seriously then that is what happens,”

“The stick never even got to me and it was devastating. I thought I was dreaming. But all the same, everything happens for a reason,” Omanyala says.

Ferdinand Omanyala at the Commonwealth Games. PHOTO/Kelly Ayodi.

And now, the African champion and record holder has vowed to use that disappointment to help the team qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, by reaching the final of the World Relays next season and possibly have a shot at the title.

“We will have the World Relays in China next year and one of my biggest targets I have set up for myself is to help the team get to the final. We know that if you get to the final then you earn a ticket to Paris 2024,” Omanyala states.

He adds; “I think we have all it takes as a team to get to the final and maybe even get a medal. I will go there with an aim to run my best because the relay is one of my favourite events.”

Omanyala says he will start his pre-season training in mid-November and will most likely shift his training to Italy on the turn of the new year.

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.

Advertisement

More on Capital Sports

Football

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – DStv and GOtv subscribers are in for a treat of the world’s best football this week as the 2020-21...

Football

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 25 – There is light at the end of the tunnel. After failed promises over the last three years since its...

Football

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 6 – Gentrix Shikangwa scored with two minutes left as Vihiga Queens sailed to the final of the CECAFA regional qualifiers...

NFL

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 13 – Kenya’s history making Daniel Adongo, the first Kenyan to play in America’s National Football League (NFL), is now living...

© 2024 Capital Digital Media. Capital Group Limited. All Rights Reserved