Nigerian athlete, Ese Brume, has won the bronze medal in the Women’s Long Jump event, thereby ending Nigeria’s long wait for a medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
Brume won the bronze medal on Tuesday with her best leap of 6.97m, while World champion Malaika Mihambo snatched the gold with her very last jump of 7.00m.
However, Brittney Rees who also had a best jump of 6.97m picked the silver medal ahead of Brume with the countback rule.
According to records, 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.
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 6.76m, 1cm 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.
With Brume’s Bronze, Nigeria has completed the cycle of winning all three categories of medals in the Women’s Long Jump event.