EMU student Ese Brume wins Bronze for Nigeria in the World Championships in Doha, Qatar

Ese Brume picked up Nigeria’s first medal at the Athletics World Championship in Doha, winning Bronze in the Long jump event.

Brume, a Tourism student at the Eastern Mediterranean University in north Cyprus leaped to a 6.91 mark (+0.3 wind) in her second attempt and was beaten by a inch to miss out on Silver to Ukraine’s Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (6.92).

World number one and Germany’s Malaika Mihambo claimed gold in Doha ahead of the pack with a World leading 7.30 jump.