The saying that whatever men can do, women can do better played out on Tuesday at the Paris 2024 Olympics. For the first time in history,
three Nigerians competed in the final of the long jump event at the Games, as the trio of Ese Brume , Ruth Usoro and Prestina Ochonogor , scaled the qualification hurdles.…
Tara Davis-Woodhall, reigning World indoor champion and silver medalist at the World outdoor championships last year in Budapest led the qualifiers with her 6.90m second round attempt. Brume, who is one of Nigeria’s most consistent and dedicated athletes made her thirdDuring her first outing at Rio 2016, she made it to the final when other top athletes failed. And at her second outing in Tokyo, Japan, she rescued a bronze medal for Team Nigeria when hopes for medals had faded away.
By winning the long jump category at the Open, Usoro qualified for her debut Olympic Games after missing out on the 2020 Games. Region 2 Championship in Accra in June 2024. Later that month, she became Nigerian national champion in the long jump, jumping 6.75 metres in Benin City. In July 2024, she was officially named as part of the Nigerian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.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.
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has said that the South East Development Commission would solve the ecological challenges in the region. Kalu gave the assurance at Uzoakoli, Abia State, during his ongoing tour of the 13 electoral wards of his constituency. He had in the last…
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