
Yesterday at the World Championships in Budapest, Nigeria’s Ese Brume, a medal contender in the women’s Long Jump event, unfortunately, fell short of a podium finish.

Despite her impressive Bronze medal win in the same event at Oregon last year, Brume placed 4th after her final jump, leaving her disappointed after a lacklustre performance.
Sadly, this was just one of many disappointing results for Nigerian athletes at the championships, with several others crashing out of their respective events.
Notably, Nigeria’s fastest man, Ushoritse Itshekiri, and his compatriot Seye Ogunlewe failed to progress beyond their 100m semifinal events yesterday.
Ogunlewe finished 5th in his semifinal race with a time of 10.12 seconds, while Itshekiri finished 8th in his with a time of 10.19secs, leaving Nigeria’s hopes of a medal in the 100m event dashed.
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It is worth noting that the best Nigeria has achieved in this event was back in 2007, when Olusoji Fasuba claimed a Bronze medal.
Looking ahead, all eyes are now on Tobi Amusan, the world’s Women’s 100-metre Hurdles champion, as she prepares to defend her title tomorrow.
Her journey to this year’s championships has not been without controversy, as she was temporarily suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for alleged violation of out-of-competition testing.
However, following an appeal and subsequent clearance from the Disciplinary Committee of the World Athletics body, Amusan is now set to compete with a renewed sense of determination and focus.