Nigeria’s Long Jumper, Ese Brume has clinched her first ever victory at the Diamond League Meet winning the Women’s Long Jump event at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium.
Brume leaped a distance of 6.83m to emerge the winner ahead
of United States Quanesha Burks who finished second with 6.54m and Italian
Larissa Lapichino in third position with 6.52.
In previous occasions, the 26-year-old reigning Commonwealth
Champion had come close to first position, finishing 2nd in Doha in 2018 and
2nd in Eugene in 2022.
The victory means she has qualified for her first Diamond
League Meet final holding in Zurich next week.
She becomes the second Nigerian alongside Tobi Amusan who
have booked a ticket to be part of the Zurich final taking place next week.
It has been an eventful year for the two Nigerian athletes
starting with the World Athletic Championship where Amusan won gold, and Brume
got the silver medal to the Commonwealth Games in August where both nicked gold
in their respective events.