Fans React As Brume Turns Bronze To Silver
Ese Brume produced her biggest jump of the year in Oregon, USA to become the first Nigerian athlete to win medals at two World Athletics Championships.
She won the silver medal in Oregon, an upgrade to the bronze she won in Doha in 2019.
The Olympic bronze medallist leaped 7.02m and finished behind Germany’s Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo, who leaped 7.12m, and Brazil’s Leticia Oro Melo jumped 6.89m to take bronze.
Team Nigeria, who had won no medals going into the final day, left the competition with two, after Brume’s feat and hurdler Tobi Amusan’s record-breaking sprint, which saw her win gold and become Nigeria’s first ever world champion and world record holder.
Fans took to social media after the 26-year-old made the jump that saw her earn Nigeria her second medal of the championships.
Presidential candidate, Peter Obi wrote, “Following Tobi Amusan’s record-breaking gold, Ese Brume grabs silver in the long jump event at the WAC in Oregon, USA. We’re a great country blessed with talents ready to rule the world. Appropriate leadership is the key. Congratulations, dear Ese – PO.”
Another presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, captioned his post, “Congratulations to our own Ese Brume for winning a silver medal in the Women Long Jump at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Here is wishing the entire Team Nigeria the very best at the championship.”
Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro praised both Brume and Amusan, “Tobi Amusan set a world record and won the gold medal, while Ese Brume won the silver medal, and both brought home two medals for Nigeria from the World Athletics Championship. This is the ambition I like to see in Nigerians! Congratulations to Team Nigeria!”
