Team Nigeria’s long wait for a medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics finally ended on Tuesday with Ese Brume winning the Bronze in the Women’s Long Jump event.
Brume with her best leap of 6.97m settled for the bronze behind World champion Malaika Mihambo who snatched the gold with her very last jump of 7.00m.
United States’ Brittney Rees who also had a best jump of 6.97m 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.
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 6.97m.
However, Brume could not improve on that bright start with her subsequent attempts.
