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Faulty wind gauge reading cited for failure to ratify times.
Athletics world governing body has rejected the eye catching times posted by Kenyan sprinters Ferdinand Omanyala and Samuel Imeta on 25th February during Athletics Kenya’s 2nd weekend meeting.
Omanyala, representing the National Police Service posted a world leading time of 9.81 seconds as he stormed to victory in the 100m men final while Imeta finished second in 9.94 seconds, his first sub ten-second performance.
All the hype generated by the fast times have been sadly wiped out after World Athletics rejected the times owing to faulty ready of the wind.
The wind gauge gave a contradicting reading that rendered the times posted in the race not fit for ratification. The gauge gave a negative reading of -4m/s. This essentially means that the race faced a resistance from a head wind with an average velocity of -4 miles per second at the time.
Flags however, showed a different direction to the wind gauge reading, meaning there was a tailwind propelling the sprinters towards the finish line. The mix up has rendered the results null and void. This however, only applies to the sprint races.
The failure by World Athletics to ratify these times is a huge indictment to Athletics Kenya whose technical team must work to redeem themselves.
It is even a bigger blow to Imeta who prided himself at being the second Kenyan to ever dip under ten seconds in the 100m dash. The Kenya Army officer was hopeful that he had done enough to qualify for the upcoming World Championships but the World Athletics stance means he has to do it all over again.
“The faulty gauge was pointed out to AK officials but they dismissed those who brought it to their attention. It has now had grave implications to the federation and particularly athletes who believed they had posted very fast and exciting times. I hope this occurrence does not dent their morale.
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