{"id":46260,"date":"2021-08-03T06:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T06:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=46260"},"modified":"2021-08-03T06:50:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T06:50:52","slug":"victory-at-last-as-nigeria-finally-wins-first-tokyo2020-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=46260","title":{"rendered":"Victory at last as Nigeria finally wins first TOKYO2020 medal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nigeria has her first medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after Ese Brume, in the early hours of Tuesday, claimed a bronze medal after finishing third in the women\u2019s long jump event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brume leapt 6.97 metres with her very first jump to claim bronze behind second-placed Brittany Reece of the United States and gold medallist Malaika Mihambo of Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is Nigeria\u2019s first track and field medal at the Olympics since 2008 when Okagbare won a silver medal in Beijing. It also makes the long jump the first individual event to give Nigeria three medals at the Olympics with Chioma Ajunwa\u2019s gold at the Atlanta \u201896 Olympics topping Okagbare\u2019s silver from 2008 and Brume\u2019s bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brume also joins Okagbare and Glory Alozie as the only Nigerians to win individual medals at both the Worlds and the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Brume and Reese swapped top spot a number of times and both looked set to claim gold and silver until Mihambo, with her very last jump, leapt 7.00m to add the Olympic title to the world title she won in Doha two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mihambo started well, taking the lead on her first attempt with a jump of 6.83m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But she was instantly overtaken by Brume with a leading jump of 6.97m which set the standard in the first of six attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onto the second attempt and the medal contenders bunched up at the top with Mihambo moving to within 2cm of Brume\u2019s 6.97m and Serbia\u2019s Ivana Spanovic in third (6.91m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA\u2019s Reese took the top spot on the third attempt, in front of Brume\u2019s jump of 6.97m by virtue of having the second-longest effort, but the Nigerian\u2019s second-best jump of 6.88 on her fourth attempt put her back into the overall lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reese\u2019s fourth attempt of 6.87m meant she trailed Brume by a single centimetre, but the 34-year-old continued to show her great consistency as she moved into the lead on her fifth attempt with a 6.95m jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Into the final round and it was a battle between Mihambo, Reese and Brume for the gold medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Mihambo\u2019s last jump, she leapt 7.00m to move from bronze into gold position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brume finished knowing she would finish in bronze position with her final jump of 6.90m. Reese scored 6.84m to take silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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