Ferdinand Omanyala and Mary Moraa lead star-studded lineup for Silesia Diamond League in Poland

Commonwealth Games 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala at a past event. (Capital FM)

By Erick Kariuki
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

As the 2024 Diamond League season nears its end, all eyes turn to Poland for the Silesia Diamond League on August 25th.

The Silesia Diamond League is set to captivate fans once again on August 25th, 2024, in Poland, featuring a star-studded lineup.

The Diamond League season kicked off on April 20th, 2024, in Xiamen, China, and will conclude in Brussels, Belgium, on September 13th and 14th, 2024.

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Africa’s fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala, will go head-to-head with Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson, bronze medallist Fred Kerley, and former Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs in a highly anticipated 100m race. The race will also feature Jamaican sprinter Ackeem Blake, American former world champion Christian Coleman, and other notable athletes, including Jeremiah Azu, Chituru Ali, and Rohan Watson.

Mary Moraa, another top Kenyan athlete, is confirmed to compete in the 1000m event, a distance she hasn’t raced since 2021 at the KBC Nacht van de Atletiek in Belgium. Before that, Moraa will participate in the Lausanne Diamond League on August 24th.

Omanyala, who had a disappointing performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics, finishing eighth in the 100m semi-finals with a time of 10.0 seconds, made a strong comeback at the Josko Lauf Meeting in Austria. There, he broke the 10-second barrier, clocking 9.95 seconds in the heats. Despite this, his critics argue that he excels only in less significant races.

Ferdinand Omanyala 🇰🇪 wins the men's 100m at the Josko Laufmeeting in Austria, clocking a time of 9.95s (+1.5)!

He won the final in 10.00s ahead of Eugene Amo-Dadzie 🇬🇧 who ran a Season's Best (SB) of 10.06s and Simon Hansen 🇩🇰 in 10.21s. pic.twitter.com/n1khy5vgwk
— Track Spice (@TrackSpice) August 18, 2024

Here are the confirmed entries for the Silesia Diamond League on August 25th, 2024

Men's 100m: Kishane Thompson, Fred Kerley, Christian Coleman, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Ackeem Blake, Ferdinand Omanyala, Jeremiah Azu, Chituru Ali, Rohan Watson.

Men's 400m Hurdles: Karsten Warholm, Abderrahman Samba, Roshawn Clarke, Clement Ducos, Rasmus Mägi, Matheus Lima, Jaheel Hyde, Vít Müller, Berke Akçam.

Women's 400m Hurdles: Femke Bol, Anna Cockrell, Rushell Clayton, Dalilah Muhammad, Shamier Little, Shiann Salmon, Janieve Russell, Andrenette Knight, Louise Maraval.

Women's 100m Hurdles: Masai Russell, Ackera Nugent, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Alaysha Johnson, Cyréna Samba-Mayela, Grace Stark, Nia Ali, Nadine Visser, Tonea Marshall, Danielle Williams, Keni Harrison, Pia Skrzyszowska.

Women's 400m: Marileidy Paulino, Salwa Eid Naser, Natalia Kaczmarek, Rhasidat Adeleke, Lieke Klaver, Alexis Holmes, Sada Williams, Henriette Jæger, Laviai Nielsen.

Men's 800m: Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Marco Arop, Djamel Sedjati, Bryce Hoppel, Gabriel Tual, Mohamed Attaoui, Max Burgin, Eliott Crestan, Andreas Kramer, Ben Pattison, Bartosz Kitliński, Patryk Sieradzki.

Men's 200m: Letsile Tebogo, Kenny Bednarek, Erriyon Knighton, Alexander Ogando, Joseph Fahnbulleh, Kyree King, Eseosa Fostine Desalu, Shaun Maswanganyi, Albert Komański.

Women's 100m: Tia Clayton, Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith, Tamari Davis, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Ewa Swoboda, Natasha Morrison.