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Ferdinand Omanyala's coach Geoffrey Kimani has explained why he remains unfazed despite his fifth-place finish in his first 100m race of the season at the Kip Keino Classic.
Thousands of fans descended at the Nyayo National Stadium to watch Ferdinand Omanyala do magic in the 100m at the Kip Keino Classic but the Kenyan failed to live up to the billing.
Omanyala faded to finish fifth in the highly-anticipated race won by American Kenneth Bednarek who clocked an impressive 9.91 to cross the finish line. Emmanuel Matadi and Jeremiah Azu finished second and third in respective times of 9.99 and 10.00.
His performance raised eyebrows considering this is an Olympic year and fans were expecting him to impress on home soil. However, his coach Geoffrey Kimani remains unfazed ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics, insisting that Omanyala will bounce back.
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Speaking to Nation Sport about Omanyala’s performance, Kimani explained that Omanyala took a break after the indoor tour and the race was only his first 100m race of the season.
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“Omanyala is in the likes of past sprinters like John Regis. He took a regeneration break after the indoor season and is now building towards the outdoors.
“He just did his first 100m race in eight months and although the weather in Nairobi wasn’t the perfect cocktail, all will be well,” Kimani said.
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He also added that they are currently on Omanyala’s weight to make him leaner but stronger so he can execute his races much better.
“Omanyala is genetically predisposed with bulky muscles, therefore we are working to make him lean, but strong without hypertrophy training for body-builders or science of adding muscles to the body through the Perfect Rate Model or in a nutshell starting all over again after the world indoor season,” Kimani added.
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