Ferdinand Omanyala confirmed his participation at the much-anticipated World Athletics Championships Budapest 23.
Speaking to TeamKenya.co.ke on Saturday, November 26, Omanyala confirmed that he would compete against the best, including Marcell Jacobs, Trayvon Bromell and Letsile Tebogo.
He further stated that the World Athletics Championship Budapest 2023 will be a nine-day event from August 19 to August 27.
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The racing competition is the third largest sporting event in the world after the Summer Olympic Games and the Football World Cup.
The ticket sales for the event will begin on December 12, with the Budapest organising committee expected to sell 420,000 tickets.
According to the organisers, the tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. It would be an online ticketing exercise.
The tickets would be sold for as low as Ksh4,035 ($33) for the 100M heats.
Those for evening racing competitions would go for Ksh6,604 ($54), featuring various disciplines.
Omanyala only participated in the World Athletics Indoor Championships in the just-concluded season.
However, the fastest man in Africa embarked on pre-season training at the Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi, seeking to improve his performance in the 2023 season.
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