THREE Nigerian athletics amazons are through to the final of the women’s Long Jump event at the ongoing Olympic Games in Paris, the French capital.
The trio, African Champion Ese Brume, Ruth Usoro and Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor advanced into the final on Tuesday.
Brume’s 6.76m jump gave her the second place finish in Group 1 behind Tara Davis-woodhall of the USA with a leap of 6.90m. Ruth Usoro came third in Group 1 with a leap of 6.68m which is (.19m) short of her season best of 6.87m.
Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor is the third member of Team Nigeria Athletics that is through to the long jump final with a jump of 6.65m as the 7th best jump going into the final.
The 12 women’s Long Jump finalists are drawn from eight different countries, three each from USA and Nigeria, a French, an Italian, one each from Burkina Faso, Romania, Jamaica and Germany.
This is the complete list of women’s long jump Finalist:
- USA – Tara Davis-woodhall – 6.90
- Italy – Larissa Iapichino – 6.87
- Germany – Malaika Mihambo – 6.86
- Nigeria – Ese Brume – 6.76
- Nigeria – Ruth Usoro – 6.68
- USA – Jasmine Moore – 6.66
- Nigeria – Prestina Ochonogor – 6.65
- USA – Monae’ Nichols – 6.64
- Romania – Alina Rotaru-kottmann – 6.63
- Jamaica – Ackelia Smith – 6.59
- Burkina Faso – Marthe Koala – 6.59
- France – Hilary Kpatcha – 6.59
On the track in Paris, three other Nigerians secured their tickets to the semi-finals in the women’s 400m and men’s 200m.
Esther Elo Joseph recorded a time of 50.51 seconds and it was 50.59 Ella Onojuvwevwo in the Repechage round in the women’s 400m races to reach the semi-finals.
Udodi Onwuzurike, also found his way into the semi-finals of the men’s 200m from Heat 1 of the Repechage round in a time of 20.51 seconds.
Nnamdi Chinecherem failed woefully in his attempt to reach the men’s Javelin final. His throw of 77.53m left him in the 14 spot in Group B.
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