13th African Games: Team Nigeria wins Gold in long jump, discus throw events

Nigeria’s Ese Brume won Gold medal in the women’s long jump event of the 13th  African Games, after leaping to a  record 6.92 meters to defend her title in Accra, the Ghanaian capital on Thursday night.

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It would be recalled that she also won the title in 2019 in the Moroccan city of Rabat and continued her fine form five years later in Ghana.

Brume won Gold with her first attempt on the night and her compatriot Prestina Ochonogor also won the bronze medal. She had a jump of 6.67m.

Burkina Faso’s Koala Marthe clinched bronze. But it was a disappointing night for Nigeria’s Ruth Usoro who finished fourth with a jump of  6.62m.

Nigeria’s Obiageri Amachi also defeated all other contestants to clinch Gold at the discus event with a personal best of 58.93m on her final throw. Her compatriot Chioma Onyekwere was the silver medalist. 

In the women’s heptathlon event, Kemi Francis-Petersen got 5268 points to scoop silver, falling behind Ahouanwanou Odile of Benin Republic.