Ese Brume Soars To 5th National Long Jump Title
The African Record holder in the women’s Long Jump, Ese Brume, demonstrated her preparedness for the forthcoming World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games by soaring to her farthest distance on home soil, with a mark of 6.89m to win her fifth Gold medal of the Nigerian Championships.
Brume, who came with a Season’s Best (SB) of 7.08m, previously won the National title in 2014 (6.68m), 2016 (6.45m), 2017 (6.40m) and 2021 (6.64m). Just like last year, she was followed by Ruth Usoro who claimed Silver with 6.53m.
Usoro set a new Personal Best (PB) of 6.78m last month and won her first national title (in the Triple Jump) two days ago.
The men’s Triple Jump was won by Chidozie Kalu who bettered his PB marginally, leaping to GOLD with a distance of 16.07m as Blessing Oluwayemi and Abiola Olajide settled for 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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