World silver medalist in the long jump, Ese Brume, yesterday, lived up to her ratings as African best jumper, winning the gold medal at the ongoing 13th African Games in Ghana.
Before the long jump event, yesterday, many athletics followers had tipped U.S.-based Nigerian, Ruth Usoro as the athlete to beat in the event following her impressive performance this season.
Congo’s Ngoye Akamabi however ran the fastest qualifying time of 23.25 to put herself as one of the hot contenders for the gold yesterday. The 19-year-old ran 20.92 to come second behind IB Claude Emmanuel, who won in 20.82. Another Nigerian, Alaba Akintola also sped into today’s final, winning the third semi-final in 21.00 secs.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
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