Omanyala hopes his Tokyo 2020 performance will inspire Kenyan sprinters

NAIROBI, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan Olympic sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala hopes his performance at Tokyo 2020 will inspire his young compatriots to take up short-distance running.

Omanyala made history in Japan on Monday when he became the first Kenyan to run in the semifinals of the men's 100m at an Olympics where he lowered his own national record from 10.01 to 10.00.

He finished third in the first semi an