Team Nigeria’s Ese Brume is thrilled with her performance at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, after she struck bronze in a highly competitive final of the women’s long jump event on Tuesday.
The African record holder won Nigeria her first medal with her best leap of 6.97m to finish third behind Germany’s Malaika Mihambo and USA’s Brittney Reese.
Speaking in the wake of her spectacular feat, Brume insisted that the colour of her medal doesn’t really matter as she is just excited to finish at the podium.
The Doha 2019 Bronze medallist said:” I’m just excited, I’m grateful. I’m super happy that I was able to make it to Top 3. I really want to thank God. I can’t contain my joy; it doesn’t matter the medal; I’m just super happy I made Top 3.”
Asked what the medal means to her, she said: “This medal means that God is alive, Jesus is alive. It has been a great season even though I got injured in April, but I never settled for less. I never looked at the situation but I kept on pushing and my coach kept on pushing and told me ‘Ese you can do it’. Thank God I’m here today.”
In May, the three-time African Champion soared to a World Lead and African Record of 7.17m and she says that superlative feat boosted her confidence coming to Tokyo despite an injury setback.
“Setting the African Record boosted my confidence because then my injury was still fresh yet I was able to set that record and a Personal Best, so I thought to myself that yes I could do it and my coach thought same as well, so we never settled for less.
“And to those who were here but could not compete, never settle for less. God is with you. It is not over until it is over. You may not have competed here today but God has a better future ahead for you,” she said.
Brume is expected to compete in the women’s 4x100m which gets underway on August 5th.
