Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s Ese Brume has leapt to the final of the long jump event of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham reports Prime Business Africa.
The African record holder in her discipline achieved a distance of 6.81m (+0.3) on her second attempt on Friday to reach the final of the competition slates for 7pm Nigerian time Sunday.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelBrume was one of the best performers at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon where she won Silver with a time of 7.02 seconds.
In the 100m Hurdles event, Tobi Amusan clocked an impressive time of 12.40 seconds in the Women’s semifinals to qualify for Sunday’s finale.
Rosemary Usoro also made it to the final, as one of the best losers, finishing in third place in the Group B qualification race.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
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