She leapt a huge 6.85m personal season’s best in the third
round to win the prize and finish behind the pre-championships favourite and
homegirl Ivana Vuleta who took early command of the event with a 6.89m best in
the second round before improving top 7.06m in the fourth round.
By that feat, the 25-year-old becomes the third Nigerian to
win medals at World Athletics Championships indoors and out as well as at the
Olympics behind Glory Alozie and late Sunday Bada. She is also the third long
jumper to win a World Indoor title after Paul Emordi (1987) and Chioma Ajunwa
(1997).
Brume began her quest for a podium finish with a 6.22m
effort. She improved to 6.47m in the second round before her huge leap in the
third that eventually landed her on the podium.
Further efforts to turn silver to gold were futile as she
could only jump 6.66m, 6.76m, and 6.67m in the fourth, fifth and final round.
The feat moved her to the top of the African and Nigerian
indoor list for the year, joint fourth in the African all-time list behind
Chioma Ajunwa (6.97m), Blessing Okagbare (6.87m), and Sierra leone’s Eunice
Barber (6.86m).
Meanwhile, Ruth Usoro set a new personal season’s best of
6.69m to place eighth in the final classification, a huge lift for the
24-year-old who has had an indifferent collegiate indoor season.
The Nigerian 4x400m relay team failed to make it to the
final after running a personal season’s best time of 3:09.55.
With Brume’s silver medal win, Nigeria has now won 12 medals
in the history of the Championships with two gold medals, seven silver, and
three bronze.