
UPDATE: ESE BRUME WINS SILVER FOR NIGERIA AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
By Adeola Abdullah
Nigeria’s Ese Brume has won silver medal in the women’s long jump event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
She leaped 7.02m to come second and earn Nigeria’s second medal on the last day of the Championships
Brume had won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
She also claimed bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Brume is expected to be in Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games and will attempt to reclaim the Gold she won in 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. She missed the 2018 eiditon in Gold Coast, Australia.
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