Omanyala drops to third in 100m standings after eight Diamond League Meetings

ATHLETICS Omanyala drops to third in 100m standings after eight Diamond League Meetings

Abigael Wafula 10:30 - 17.07.2023

After five Meetings, Omanyala was leading the standings with 20 points but has since been pushed to third place.

Following his victory on Sunday, South Africa’s Akani Simbine is now leading the 100m standings with 28 points after eight Diamond League Meetings.

After five Meetings, Omanyala was leading the standings with 20 points but has since been pushed to third place since he has not competed in any other Meeting since his second-place finish in Paris, France.

His next Diamond League competition will be in Monaco before he heads to the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary to make history.

The Commonwealth Games champion started off his Diamond League campaign with a third-place finish in Rabat, Morocco before finishing second in Florence, Italy, and Paris, France.

On his part, out of the eight, Simbine has managed to win two Meetings in Silesia and Stockholm and he finished second and fourth in Rabat and Florence respectively. After five Meetings, Simbine was placed third with 12 points.

Meanwhile, World champion Fred Kerley is second with 23 points. He has so far been to four Diamond League Meetings where he competed in the 200m in Doha, Qatar, and won and then went to Rabat where he also won the 100m race.

He then competed in the Diamond League Meeting in Florence where he also won the race and he just finished second at the concluded Meeting in Silesia.

In the men’s 800m, Djameli Sedjati headlines the standings with 19 points closely followed by Wycliffe Kinyamal and Emmanuel Wanyonyi who have 17 and 16 points respectively.

In the men’s 1500m, Jakob Ingebrigtsen tops the standings with 32 points as Yared Nuguse comes second with 13 points. Abel Kipsang completes the podium with 11 points.