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(From L) Panama's Arturo Harmodio Deliser Espinosa, Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala and Italy's Chituru Ali compete in the men's 100m heat of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 3, 2024. [AFP]

Commonwealth Games champion Ferdinand Omanyala on Saturday eased through to the semifinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics 100m.

Omanyala clocked 10.08 to win his heat in the 100m dash ahead of Italian Ali Chituru and Joshua Hartmann who crossed the finishing line second and third respectively.

The African fastest man was off the blocks and surged to control the race but after seeing off the competition, he slowed down towards the finish line to join US star Noah Lyles, Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy and Jamaica's Kishane Thompson in the semis.

Jamaica’s Thompson, the fastest man this year with his 9.77seconds, sailed through comfortably winning his heat in 10.00sec.

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