Nigeria’s sprint sensation Kanyinsola Ajayi will face one of the toughest tests of his Commonwealth Games campaign after being drawn in a star-studded Men’s 100m Semi-final 2 at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The Nigerian record holder is set to line up against an elite field that includes Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya,
Ghana’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, Wales’ Jeremiah Azu, South Africa’s Bradley Nkoana, England’s Elliot Jones, Trinidad and Tobago’s Omari Lewis, and Australia’s Rohan Browning.
Ajayi, who owns a personal best of 9.84 seconds, will be aiming to secure one of the automatic qualification spots or advance as one of the fastest losers into the final in what promises to be the most competitive of the three semi-finals.
Nigeria will have three representatives in the men’s 100m semi-finals, with Favour Ashe, Kanyinsola Ajayi, and Alaba Nathan Fakorede all chasing places in the final.
With Ajayi drawn alongside some of the continent’s biggest sprint stars, all eyes will be on Semi-final 2 as the race for Commonwealth Games medals intensifies.
Men’s 100m Semi-final Draw
Semi-final 1
Mark Otieno Babu (Kenya)
Rohan Watson (Jamaica)
Emmanuel Eseme (Cameroon)
Benjamin Azamati (Ghana)
Lachlan Kennedy (Australia)
Favour Ashe (Nigeria)
Clarence Johnson (South Africa)
Duan Asemota (Canada)
Semi-final 2 (7:10 pm Nigerian time)
Elliot Jones (England)
Jeremiah Azu (Wales)
Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (Ghana)
Kanyinsola Ajayi (Nigeria)
Ferdinand Omanyala (Kenya)
Bradley Nkoana (South Africa)
Omari Lewis (Trinidad and Tobago)
Rohan Browning (Australia)
Semi-final 3
Kadeem Griffith (Barbados)
Mpho Koneshe (Lesotho)
Gift Leotlela (South Africa)
Alaba Nathan Fakorede (Nigeria)
Jerome Blake (Canada)
Ackeem Blake (Jamaica)
Edward Nketia (Australia)
Cejhae Greene (Antigua and Barbuda)
