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The Delta State Sports Commission has assured Ese Brume, who recently survived a car crash in the United States, of its support as she recuperates from the injuries she sustained from the accident.
• Godbless, Ochonogor target Okagbare’s feat 15 years after About three months after surviving a “horrifying” car crash in the United States, Nigeria’s long jumper and Olympics bronze medallist, Ese Brume, is gradually returning to her feet.
Three-time Wanda Diamond League winner, Tobi Amusan, and finalists, Ese Brume, as well as Chukwuebuka Enekwechi may earn more from the athletics’ elite one-day meeting series in 2025 following move by the organisers to ‘adopt a new prize money structure with larger rewards.’
Amusan, Ofili, Others Miss Track Grand Slam Olympics bronze medallist, Ese Brume, says she is recovering fast from the recent ‘horrible’ car crash in the United States. Brume, who won Nigeria’s long jump bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, narrowly survived the crash in which the car she was travelling with her friend, a Briton, was squeezed after it was hit from behind by an SUV.
Olympics bronze medallist, Ese Brume, is yet to overcome what she described as a ‘horrible shock’ following her involvement is a recent car crash in the United States.
Tobi Amusan, who holds the world record in women’s 100 metres hurdles, Olympic high jump bronze medallist, Ese Brume, emerging 100 metres star, Favour Ofili, and other top Nigerian athletes have been presented an opportunity to win $150, 000 by World Athletics.
Following their impressive performances at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympics, women’s 200m and men’s 400m finalists, Favour Ofili and Samuel Ogazi have moved several steps up in the latest World Athletics rankings released on Wednesday evening. Also, on the upward swing is Shot Put finalist, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi. As authoritatively predicted by Sportsnow.com.ng, Ofili, who finished sixth in the 200m final, moved from pre-Paris 2024 Olympics number 31 to eighth in the 200m event with a ranking score of 1,315, up from 1,226 (89 points). The 21-year-old also moved from 216 in the women’s overall ranking (1,305) to 138 (1,337). Ogazi, who finished seventh in the final, also had a geometric rise, moving from 23rd pre-Paris 2024 Olympics (1,264) to 12th (1,322) in the 400m. In Shot Put, Enekwechi moved a step up from eighth pre-Olympics (1,348) to seventh ( 1,370) after finishing sixth in the final at the Olympics. Nathaniel Ezekiel, a 400m hurdler, also moved from 29th (1,268) to 23rd (1,273) in the latest ranking, although he did not get to the final. Long jumper, Ese Brume, however, dropped from her pre-Olympics number three position (1360) to fourth (1,350) despite finishing fifth in the final in Paris.
Team Nigeria’s hope for a medal has shifted to Tobi Amusan in the 100m hurdles at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics as long jumper, Ese Brume came short of making history after finishing fifth in the final with her 6.70m fourth round jump.