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Oborududu received N4.1M ($10,000) while Brume got N3M ($7,500) for winning Silver and Bronze, respectively. |
Ese Brume and Blessing Obodururu gave Nigeria bronze and
silver medals at the Games respectively.
The Federal Government had announced a reward of 15, 000
dollars, 10,000 dollars, 7,500 dollars for gold, silver, and bronze medalists
at the Tokyo Olympics.
A statement on Wednesday said the athletes were presented
their cash prizes by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare,
in a ceremony held at Grand Prince Hotel, Tokyo Japan on Tuesday.
The minister was quoted as saying, “There’s no point
delaying the reinforcement of these athletes who have made the country proud,
that is the reason they were rewarded immediately for their record-breaking
performances.”
Reacting, Oborududu said, “I am just super excited and I
want to say thank you to all my supporters and the Federal Government of
Nigeria for the encouragement.”
Brume recorded a 6.97 metres jump in the final of the event
at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium to win her first Olympic medal and Nigeria’s first
at this Games.
The 25-year-old Nigerian placed behind American Brittney
Reese who claimed the silver medal with a jump of 6.97m.
Brume had to settle for bronze because her second-best
effort of 6.67m was inferior to Reese’s 6.81m.
Germany’s Malaika Mihambo won the event’s gold medal, having
saved her best for the last, by snatching victory from Reese with a season-best
jump of 7.00m.
Oborududu had to settle for the silver medal in the women’s
freestyle 68kg event on Tuesday in the Tokyo Olympics wrestling competition in
Tokyo.
This was after she failed to overcome Tamyra Mensah-Stock of the U.S, who had beaten her three times earlier, after losing 1-4 in their final match at the Makuhari Mess Hall.