New African record still feels like dream to me - Ese Brume

The new African record holder in the Women’s Long jump event, Ese Brume, has revealed her breathtaking performance still feels like a dream.

Over the weekend, Brume at the Chula Vista Festival shattered Chioma Ajunwa’s African and Nigerian record, which has stood unchallenged for the last 25 years.

She leapt a distance of 7.17m to effectively bury Ajunwa’s 7.12m record which was good enough at that time for a gold medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.

The 7.17m mark is also a World Lead and of course a Personal Best for Brume.

While reflecting on her new record via a post on her Instagram page, Brume said she never saw breaking the 25-year old record as impossible in the first place.

The three-time African senior champion who has long been seen as one of Nigeria’s medal hopefuls at the Tokyo Olympics believes there is still even more room for her to grow.