Why DBA terminated it’s contract with Omanyala
Omanyala said he has not worked with DBA Africa since May because the management company is not registered with International Athletics.
Omanyala wore the original DBA Africa equipment when he broke the national record, cloaking 10.01 seconds in Nigeria in March and running 10.06 seconds in South Africa in May.
Sports management company DBA Africa revealed on Monday why it had severed ties with Africa’s fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala Omurwa.
Responding to questions from Nation Sports on why the company announced it was ceasing to partner with national record holder, DBA Africa Director Storm Trentham hinted on Monday that Omanyala had failed to implement an agreement between the two parties.
“DBA Africa’s core values are very important and must be observed by everyone involved in the company. Unfortunately, if our athletes do not apply our same values all the time, we can no longer work together successfully,” he said.
“As you can imagine, ending a contract when an athlete is at a high level and playing on the world stage speaks to the importance of us protecting our brand and the professional image that we proudly share with the sports world.” He added.
He revealed that the 25-year-old University of Nairobi student signed a two-year contract in February 2021 with DBA Africa. He has been working with him informally since December 2020.
“We have reduced all his travel expenses across Africa to run his Olympic qualification time and also to fund other areas of his career,” Trentham said.
“That is all we would like to say on this topic. We wish him all the best in his career and now we can continue to focus on our other talented athletes and universities. “
Omanyala said he has not worked with DBA Africa since May because the management company is not registered with International Athletics.
Omanyala wore the original DBA Africa equipment when he broke the national record, cloaking 10.01 seconds in Nigeria in March and running 10.06 seconds in South Africa in May.
He was invited to compete in the Kenyan Olympic Tests and qualified for 10.02. He improved his time to 10.01 in the previous round of the Tokyo Games on July 31st.
He beat his mentor Yohan Blake in the semi-finals when he set a new national record of 10.00, while finishing third behind American Fred Kerley and Canadian Andre De Grasse when he completely missed the final in Tokyo.
A few weeks later, Omanyala set a new national record of 9.86 in Austria before becoming the fastest man in Africa in the final stage of the 2021 World Cup, Kip Keino Classic at Kasarani Stadium where he ran 9.77 breaking the African record of 9.84 held by Akani Simbine of South Africa.
Omanyala said he has not worked with DBA Africa since May because “the management company is not registered with International Athletics”.
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