Akani Simbine surrendered his Commonwealth Games 100m crown to Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala in Birmingham on Wednesday night, running in second a fair distance behind.
It was the fourth time the two of them had squared off, and Omanyala now leads their head-to-head count 4-0.He had the better of Simbine in their first race in Europe last year, and days later he broke Simbine’s continental mark, lowering it from 9.84 to 9.77
Omanyala emerged victorious again in Germiston early this season and then he dethroned Simbine as the African champion in Mauritius in May. And the muscle-bound Kenyan, who served a 14-month ban for doping in 2017, deserved it on his performance, to be honest. Omanyala got away faster and quickly opened a gap that neither Simbine nor anybody else in the field looked like closing before crossing the line in 10.02.That was one of two sprint silvers for Team SA on the track.
Rebecca Meder finished the opening backstroke leg in fourth, but Van Niekerk had pulled them to third by the turn and she was just off second spot, held by Canada, by the time she finished her leg.Erin Gallagher kept them in third through the penultimate butterfly leg, but Aimee Canny was unable to hold off England’s Anna Hopkin for the bronze medal.Australia won comfortably, with Emma McKeon pushing the career record for most Games medals to 20.
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