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Eseme Emmanuel touts his performance after second Diamond League win

Cameroonian sprinter – Emmanuel Alobwede Eseme is delighted about how his season has gone so far for him.

The Accra 2023 100m champion [Eseme] currently stands atop the Diamond League table having won two race in the men’s 100m dash.

First, the 30-year-old sprinter stunned Canada’s Andre De Grasse to win the Rabat Diamond League, clocking 10.11 seconds.

Emmanuel Eseme again sprinted to a 100-metre win at the Diamond League Stockholm race on Sunday with a time of 10.16 seconds, ahead of King Kyre [10.18] of USA, and Ali Chituru [10.19] of Italy.

“I just told myself to stick to the guys during the first part of the race, and I am really happy to come back with a second Diamond League victory this season,” Eseme said.

“My season has gone pretty well so far thanks to my training setting in Portugal. Compared to last year I worked on my acceleration part and it paid off,” he added.

Eseme made his intentions known going into the African Championships:

“Next up are the African Championships where I want to perform well.”

By James K. Attaglo Wilson

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