By Emmanuel Okogba. Ese Brume has won Gold in the women's long jump event of the Commonwealth Games after leaping a distance of 6.99m.
Nigeria's Ese Brume competes to win and take the gold medal in the women's long jump final athletics event at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham on day ...
She followed that up by winning another bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Nigerian lined up in the final as favourite for gold and there was no stopping her as she blazed to a new Games Record of 12.30 seconds to retain the title she won four years ago in the Gold Coast, Australia. Brume had a no jump on her first attempt but bounced back right away to jump 6.99m to take the lead in the final and set a new Games Record.
The Nigerian jumper reclaimed her title in record-breaking style, repeating a feat she first achieved eight years ago.
Good journalism costs a lot of money. For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour. She did it in style with a new Games Record of 7.00m as she reclaimed title she won eight years ago in Glasgow, Scotland.
Ese Brume has won the women's long jump event at the on-going Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, claiming gold in a Games record 7.00 metres ahead ...
She is also the third Nigerian track and field athlete to win at least two gold medals at the Games after Blessing Okagbare (100m and 200m in 2014) and Tobi Amusan (100m hurdles, 2018 and 2022 and 4x100m in 2022), as well as the second Nigerian woman to win the long jump gold medal after the legendary Modupe Oshikoya. The World Athletics Championships indoor and outdoor silver medallist hit the 7m mark to set her second Games record of the night, becoming the second Nigerian track and field athlete in Commonwealth Games history to win gold medal at two editions of the Games. Nigeria’s previous record gold medal haul were the 11 won at the 1994, 2010 and 2014 Games.
Nigeria's Ese Brume has clinched gold in the women's long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham. Brume also broke the games record set by ...
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Nigerian athlete, Ese Brume has clinched the gold medal in the women's long jump event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Brume, who leaped |
She also becomes the second Nigerian woman to win the long jump gold medal in the Commonwealth Games after Modupe Oshikoya first won it in 1974 to become the first Nigerian woman to win the gold medal at the Games. Brume becomes the third Nigerian track and field athlete to win at least two gold medals at the Games after Blessing Okagbare (100m and 200m in 2014) and Tobi Amusan (100m hurdles, 2018 and 2022 and 4x100m in 2022). Nigerian athlete, Ese Brume has clinched the gold medal in the women’s long jump event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
SportsBrief.com News ☆ Ese Brume was sensational on the final day of the Commonwealth Games setting a new record to win gold for Nigeria in the women's ...
On her last attempt at the games, the 26-year-old made a 7m leap in another record to become the first woman to jump that far in the history of the Commonwealth Games. Having made a no jump in her first attempt, Brume bounced back in her second to jump 6.99m to take the lead in the final and set a new Games Record. Nigerian athlete Ese Brume has clinched the gold medal in the Women’s Long Jump event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
On the last day of Athletics at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Nigerian athlete Ese Brume twice leapt to a new Games Record, jumping 7.00m (+1.6) ...
Since 2018, Brume has never missed out on the podium at any competition she has represented Nigeria. All marks were good enough to win her the title. She then jumped 6.99m to surpass Bronwyn Thompson’s record of 6.97m from the 2006 Games. In a six-jump sequence, Brume jumped marks over 6.9m four times, fouling once and her least mark being 6.81m. It was a dominant display from the African Record holder, as she was simply unstoppable. Apart from the 7m she jumped on her last attempt when she had already secured the Gold medal, she jumped 6.99m twice, and then 6.96m twice.