A Kenyan track and field athlete recently posted words on his life struggles on social media, which gathered the attention of other fellow track and field athletes as well. Fred Kerley, who has been his known rival since the defeat he bore against the Kenyan athlete in the 2022 World Championship, also did not refrain from sharing an uplifting word for the 9th fastest, 100m track and field athlete.

Their continuous rivalry to rank better on the track has showed up multiple times to sports enthusiasts. However, it ought to be noted that there is a soft emotional aspect off-the-track, behind their hard-hearted display of emotions otherwise. This could lately be observed, while the American athlete, Fred Kerley, denounced rivalry by sending an encouraging word to his Kenyan fellow athlete.

One word for the Kenyan sprinter by Fred Kerley – ‘respect’

Fred Kerley, who is the sixth fastest man, showed “respect”, for the ninth fastest man of all time, Ferdinand Omanyala. The gold medalist of the 2022 world championships, Fred Kerley, in a recent post on X, reposted his fellow athlete’s post on life’s hardships. Ferdinand Omanyala is that Kenyan athlete who openly shared his thoughts on struggling growth lately. His post read, “We come from humble families, old houses, and small towns with sad stories. We are not hustling to impress or be in competition with anyone. I just want to change the storyline and the fights that were never won. In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.”

Thus, re-sharing the Kenyan Olympian’s post, Fred Kerley honored his rival-turned-friend Ferdinand Omanyala’s background history. Both of them have shared a neck-to-neck competition in the past, considering the latest strife in the 100m race at the Kipkeino Classic in Kasarani Stadium. The year 2022 contention had led the Kenyan sprinter to win the 100m by stealing the spotlight with a 9.85 record, a beginning leaving behind the Olympics silver medalist, Fred Kerley.

World’s fastest athletes sprint their way to the Paris Olympics 2024

Overcoming his challenges, Ferdinand Omanyala’s reputation has earned him high esteem in the athletic industry. Because of this fortune, the Kenyan sprinter quoted, that his parents have stopped doing “some of the jobs they used to do”, and their status has changed.

This day, as per the latest statistics provided by Geeks for Geeks, it had announced the world’s fastest humans, keeping in mind their athletic caliber, speed and stamina. And thus, setting new milestones in human performances, every athlete is in a race to break barriers to lead his way to the world’s top speed legends. While Omanyala’s opponent, Fred Kerley outranks in comparison to Ferdinand Omanyala’s 9 position, by a 9.76 seconds record against the Kenyan sprinter’s 9.77 seconds in 100m, their continuous pitching onto triumph the ultimate battle of the 2024 Paris Olympics, stays on.

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Now aiming to dominate the Paris Olympics in the coming season,, Fred Kerley had lately announced after his 4x400m snub after the 2022 World Championships, “Time to upgrade that silver to gold.” On similar lines, the Kenyan sprinter, Ferdinand Omanyala said, “Every time I go on those tracks, I am carrying the legacy that I want to leave behind and for me, it’s about just changing the notion that anything is possible, that you can achieve anything you want and it doesn’t matter the part of the world you are coming from.”, revealing his fresh strategy ahead of the Olympic Games this July-August.

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