{"id":6323,"date":"2023-07-22T06:36:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T06:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/involvement.co.ke\/?p=6323"},"modified":"2023-07-22T06:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T06:36:24","slug":"jet-like-omanyala-keeps-the-kenyan-flag-flying-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/2023\/07\/22\/jet-like-omanyala-keeps-the-kenyan-flag-flying-high\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jet-like\u2019 Omanyala Keeps the Kenyan Flag Flying High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Photo courtesy of Citizen Digital<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya has won the 100m race in Monaco in 9.92 seconds, ahead of Botswana&#8217;s teenager Letsile Tebogo (9.93). This was the sprinter&#8217;s first ever diamond league victory, illustrating that dreams do come true, even if they take time.<\/p>\n<p>In a breathtaking display of athleticism, Ferdinand crossed the finish line in an astounding 9.92 seconds, securing the victory by a mere fraction of a second. The crowd erupted into cheers as the sprinter had done the seemingly impossible.<\/p>\n<p>The common wealth winner additionally authored national history by becoming the first Kenyan to win a Diamond League 100m race. After the late Nicholas Bett, who won the 400m hurdles in Paris in 2016, he is the only other Kenyan sprinter to have won a Diamond League race.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Photo courtesy of Citizen Digital] Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya has won the 100m race in Monaco in 9.92 seconds, ahead of Botswana&#8217;s teenager Letsile Tebogo (9.93). This was the sprinter&#8217;s first ever diamond league victory, illustrating that dreams do come true, even if they take time. In a breathtaking display of athleticism, Ferdinand crossed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kenyan-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}