Brume finishes 4th in long jump final

By : Gowon Akpodonor, Budapest

Date: 20 August 2023 7:47pm WAT

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[FILES] Nigeria's Ese Brume celebrates winning and taking the gold medal in during the women's long jump final athletics event at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham on day ten of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, on August 7, 2022. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)

[FILES] Nigeria's Ese Brume celebrates winning and taking the gold medal in during the women's long jump final athletics event at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham on day ten of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, on August 7, 2022. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)

[FILES] Nigeria’s Ese Brume celebrates winning and taking the gold medal in during the women’s long jump final athletics event at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham on day ten of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, on August 7, 2022. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)

Nigeria’s hope of grabbing a medal in the women’s long jump event faded away yesterday, as Ese Brume finished 4th in the final.
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Though, she recorded a Season Best with a jump of 6.84m, it was not enough to give Nigeria a medal.

Brume, who grabbed a silver medal at the last World Athletics Championships in Oregon, U.S., had given Nigerians a ray of hope on Saturday, when she scaled the first hurdles on a day other athletes failed. She placed 4th in Group A of the qualification with a jump of 6.72m.
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Many thought the Delta State born long jumper could improve on her jumps to guarantee a podium finish yesterday. She did by jumping 6.84m but it couldn’t take her to the medal’s tsble.
Brume had been struggling with injuries since the beginning of the year.

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