2019 African Games champion Ese Brume on Tuesday gave Team Nigeria their first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games with a bronze medal in the women’s long jump event.
Brume recorded a 6.97 meters jump in the final of the event at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium to win her first Olympic medal and Nigeria’s first at this Games.
The 25-year-old Nigerian placed behind American Brittney Reese claimed the silver medal with a jump of 6.97m also.
But Brume who placed fifth at the Rio Games in 2016 with 6.81 had to settle for bronze because her second-best effort of 6.67m was inferior to Reese’s 6.81m.
Germany’s Malaika Mihambo won the event’s gold medal, having saved her best for the last, by snatching victory from Reese with a season-best jump of 7.00m.
Reese, the 2012 gold medalist, and four-time world champion held the lead from the third round with a jump of 6.97m.
However, she couldn’t better Mihambo’s final leap, taking home silver.
Seven women had a personal best of seven meters going into the finals, but only Mihambo was able to reach the mark.
