The hope of Team Nigeria winning her first medal on Sunday at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest has been dashed.
Ese Brume, who was competing in the final of the Women’s Long Jump event, was widely tipped to deliver a medal going by her antecedence in every major competition she has represented Nigeria
However, despite a season-best jump of 6.84m, the African record holder finished just outside the medal zone in fourth position.
Brume, a bronze medalist at the Doha 2019 World Championships and a Silver medal winner in Oregon last year, was looking good to claim the bronze and become the first Nigerian to win three consecutive medals at the World Championships.
She was, however, denied that historic moment by Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (Romania), who saved her best for last with a leap of 6.88m which pushed her into the medal zone at the expense of Brume.
