Akani Simbine collected the silver medal in the men’s 100m final in Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on Wednesday night.

Simbine came up against Kenyan, Ferdinand Omanyala, who had a season’s best 9.85sec heading into the Games, which placed him third in the world this year.

Omanyala won in 10.02, with Simbine second in 10.13.

“I would’ve taken a sub-10 race and a clean race, but I’m struggling with my start at the moment, but I’m just happy, I came on the podium – the second time in the Commonwealth Games,” said Simbine after the race.

“It was just to give it my all and try and make sure I get a clean race in, which I didn’t. But I’m happy, I was able to fight and make my way back on the podium.”

🥇 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 🥇

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