Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala signed a resounding feat by setting a new African record in the 100m in 9''77 at the Kip Keino Classic meeting in Nairobi on Saturday, September 18, 2021. This performance propels the Kenyan sprinter into the Top 10 all time. Thus, Omayala erased South African Akani Simbine (9''84 last July) from African tablets.New holder of the African 100m record, Kenya Ferdinand Omanyala was logically the fastest African athlete on the straight in 2021. It is the second best world performance of the year 2021 behind the 9s76 of the 'American Trayvon Bromell.
