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Nigeria's Ese Brume has won gold for the country in the women’s long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Brume had a no jump on her first attempt but bounced back right away to jump 6.99m to take the lead in the final and set a new Games Record. She added no jump, 6.99m, 6.81m, 6.99m, and 6.96m in her subsequent jumps but none of her opponents could match or surpass her thereby securing gold with a jump to spare. However, on her very last attempt, Brume jumped seven meters for another Games Record to become the first woman to jump that far in the history of the Commonwealth Games. Brume has been arguably Nigeria’s most consistent athlete over the past four years. She burst onto the scene by winning gold as an 18-year-old at the 2014 commonw...