World athlete champion Ferdinand Omanyala wins at the FBK Games in Hengelo, the Netherlands on Sunday evening as he prepares for the Olympics glory at Paris.
Omanyala clocked 10.01 to cut the tape, ahead of United States’ Ronnie Baker (10.03) and Canada’s Andre de Grasse (10.07) in second and third respectively.
The African record holder was competing in his first race since he clocked a season’s best of 9.79 at the national trials for the Paris Olympics at the Nyayo National Stadium, last month.
In the men’s 5000m, Kenya’s Nicholas Kimeli clocked 13:02.25 to finish second, behind winner, Haile Telahun, who crossed the finish line first in 13:01.12.
Another Ethiopian, Tadese Worku, took third place in 13:02.56 as Kenya’s Cornelius Kemboi clocked 13:09.76 in fourth.
Kimeli will be representing the country in the men’s 10,000m at the Paris Olympics, alongside Daniel Mateiko and Bernard Kibet.
