Omanyala enjoys golden finale after leaving Sevens

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BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Triumph: Ferdinand Omanyala celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 100m final
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The one that got away. Kenya’s men’s Sevens team are not quite the force they once were – they finished equal seventh with Canada in the recent Commonwealth Games Sevens tournament – and it must have been a tad galling looking over to the athletics stadium to watch Ferdinand Omanyala streak home to take gold in the men’s 100m final.
Until his late teens, Omanyala was a hot shot r...

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