The new African record holder in the Women’s Long jump event, Ese Brume, has revealed her breathtaking performance still feels like a dream.
Over the weekend, Brume at the Chula Vista Festival shattered Chioma Ajunwa’s African and Nigerian record, which has stood unchallenged for the last 25 years.
She leapt a distance of 7.17m to effectively bury Ajunwa’s 7.12m record which was good enough at that time for a gold medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.
The 7.17m mark is also a World Lead and of course a Personal Best for Brume.
While reflecting on her new record via a post on her Instagram page, Brume said she never saw breaking the 25-year old record as impossible in the first place.
The three-time African senior champion who has long been seen as one of Nigeria’s medal hopefuls at the Tokyo Olympics believes there is still even more room for her to grow.
AFRICAN RECORD ALERT