Ghana’s quickest man, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, continued his spectacular kind with a second-place end on the István Gyulai Memorial meet in Budapest on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
He completed solely behind the world’s quickest runner this 12 months, however outpaced Africa’s all-time quickest man, Ferdinand Omanyala from Kenya.
Saminu crossed the end line at a time of 10.01 simply behind Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, who received the men’s 100m at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial with a time of 9.95s (-0.4).
Thompson confirmed he’s nonetheless the person to beat after his explosive 9.75s private greatest at Jamaica’s nationwide championships, which is the quickest anybody has run this season.
This race was the Ghanaian 100m file holder’s European circuit debut, however he nonetheless managed to carry down his personal to complete forward of revered runners like Akani Simbine of South Africa and Ackeem Blak from Jamaica.
In third place was Simbine with a time of 10.01, Ackeem Blake completed fourth on 10.04, and Ronnie Baker clinched fifth place with 10.05.
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Saminu continues spectacular 2025 kind
Saminu has loved a outstanding 2025 season, twice breaking Ghana’s national record. He first ran 9.86 seconds in Could earlier than enhancing to 9.84s seven weeks later, a time that ranks seventh globally this 12 months.
The 27-year-old former College of Ghana pupil completed his collegiate profession at June’s NCAA championships and has simply proved he can go towards world-class opposition within the Hungarian capital.
The race additionally included elite runners similar to American veteran Ronnie Baker, Nigeria’s Kanyinsola Ajayi, and Jamaica’s Rohan Watson, who’ve all damaged the 10-second barrier this 12 months.
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Watch video of race beneath:
Kishane Thompson 🇯🇲 runs 9.95s (-0.4) to win the boys's 100m on the Gyulai Istvan Memorial.
2. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu 🇬🇭 10.01
3. Akani Simbine 🇿🇦 10.01
4. Ackeem Blake 🇯🇲 10.04
5. Ronnie Baker 🇺🇸 10.05pic.twitter.com/cwBgrtbcjB— Monitor & Area Gazette (@TrackGazette) August 12, 2025
