Brume Ese has won Nigeria’s first official medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan by winning the Bronze medal in the Women’s Long Jump event.
Brume Ese on 3rd of August 2021, with her best leap of 6.97 meters settled for the bronze behind World champion Malaika Mihambo who won Gold with her very last jump of 7.00 meters.
United States’ Brittney Rees who also had a best jump of 6.97 meters picked the silver medal ahead of Brume with the countback rule.
This is Nigeria’s first medal in athletics at the Olympic Games in 13 years.
With Brume’s Bronze, Nigeria has completed the cycle of winning all three categories of medals in the Women’s Long Jump event.
Tuesday’s final started on a bright note for Brume as she took the lead with her very first jump which was a distance of 6.97 meters.
However, Brume could not improve on that bright start with her subsequent attempts.
Brume, who is the African record holder in the women’s Long Jump event, had qualified for the final stage on Sunday with a jump of 6.76 meters, 1 cm more than the required mark.
She finished with the fourth overall best jump among the finalists but stepped up her game in Tuesday’s final to win Nigeria’s first medal.
