Tokyo 2020 Medal Alert: Ese Brume Wins Bronze For Nigeria
Written by Dare Solomon
After 13 years’ wait, Ese Brume wins Nigeria’s first athletics medal.
Brume grabs bronze in the women’s Long Jump with 6.97m in the early hours of Tuesday morning while United States of America (USA)’s Brittney Reese who finished 6.97m settled for silver and Germany’s Malaika Mihambo clinched gold with 7.00m in the early hours of this morning.
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It is Nigeria’s first track and field medal at the Olympics since 2008 when Blessing Okagbare won a silver medal in Beijing. It also makes the long jump the first individual event to give Nigeria three medals at the Olympics with Chioma Ajunwa’s gold at the Atlanta ‘96 Olympics topping Okagbare’s silver from 2008 and Brume’s bronze.
Talk about consistency, Brume was the only Nigerian athlete who reached the final of her event at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, where she placed fifth with a leap of 6.81m. And now has won the first medal for Nigeria at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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