Ferdinand Omanyala & Sha'Carri Richardson shines in Kenya  Kip Keino Classic  with impressive wins.
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Date: 14/05/2023

SSFerdinand Omanyala & Sha'Carri Richardson shines in Kenya  Kip Keino Classic  with impressive wins.
Omanyala, the African 100m champion and record holder, stunned Americans Kenneth Bednarek and Marvin Bracy-Williams to second and third places in 9.98 seconds and 10.03 respectively. 
Africa's 100 metres record holder Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya brought the roof down with a stunning victory in the men's 100m at the Absa Kip Keino Classic at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, on Saturday Omanyala withstood the tension from a false start to storm to victory in 9.84 seconds to retain his title as the crowd that included President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga roared in jubilation.
Sha'Carri Richardson produced a spectacular show in the women's 200m at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, leading her compatriots in a US top three with a meeting record run of 22.07 (1.7m/s).

Kyra Jefferson finished second in 22.77, with Shannon Ray running a personal best of 22.82 in third.

The victory came a week after Richardson clocked a world-leading 10.76 seconds to easily beat Jamaica's Shericka Jackson in the Wanda Diamond League season-opening meeting in Doha.

Richardson said she wanted to run in the 100 in a showdown with Jamaica's two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. In the end, Fraser-Pryce withdrew from the meet with a muscle strain and Richardson stepped up to the 200.

In the absence of both of them in the 100, Tawnisha Terry won in 10.86 seconds. Terry, or “Tee Tee” as she's known, was on the U.S. gold medal-winning 4x100 relay team at the world championships in Eugene, Oregon last year.

“The race was good. I wanted to impress the home crowd and it’s an amazing feeling to keep doing what I do,” she said.

New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs was second in 10.97 and Belgium's Rani Rosius third.

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