The injury has also knocked him out of the 2026 Diamond League final on Friday and Saturday in Brussels, Belgium.
By Ayumba Ayodi
Correspondent
NMG Sport
Africa’s fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala, has for the second consecutive time withdrawn from the Diamond League final because of an injury.
The former Commonwealth Games 100 metres champion has suffered a stress fracture in his left calcaneus -- heel bone that has knocked him out of the 2026 Diamond League final on Friday and Saturday at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.
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