National 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala has revealed that he had already contemplated on quitting athletics this year.
Speaking to teamkenya.co.ke Omanyala revealed that he was set to quit in June 2021 and head back to playing rugby.
He noted that he had given himself till June and had already contacted the rugby coaches to make them aware of his return.
“This was my last year in athletics. I was doing this for my last year, if anything could not have happened by June, I could be going back to rugby but in God's eye I was just getting started,” Omanyala mentioned.
Omanyala was keen to highlight his low period in his life where he gave the 2017 instance when he was banned for 14 months for alleged doping - claims which he disputed to be false as he had received medicine the weeks prior which contained substance that was flagged.
Omanyala went on ahead and gave his response over the recent controversy on sponsorship deals which prompted to the pulling out of sponsors.
"We decided to end things mutually, our interests were not the same. The company was like a management team and I had another management, so I had to choose between them and my current management. So that is why I decided to leave them," he noted
He clarified that he was currently under Fitness from Africa, a company founded by his agent Marcel Vidjoen.
"We decided to end things mutually, our interests were not the same. The company was like a management team and I had another management so I had to choose between them and my current management, Fitness from Africa company, so that's why I decided to leave them," he stated
Omanyala pointed out that his focus is set on the next season, with his aim being to break continental and global records in the World Championship, Commonwealth Games and African Championships.
“I am planning to break records, be it National, Olympic, World and even stadium records. All I purpose to do is to break records as records stand longer than tittles,” Omanyala stated
Omanyala became a national and global sensation when he broke the continental record during the Kip Keino Classic clocking 9.77 seconds.