Brume leads Team Nigeria’s contingent to World Athletics Indoors in Belgrade
Tokyo Olympics long jump bronze medalist, Ese Brume, and five other athletes will fly Nigeria’s flag in this year’s World Athletics Indoor Championships holding in Belgrade, Serbian. The Belgrade 2022 World Indoors will hold from March 18 to 20. Nigeria will contest in three events, including women’s long jump, triple jump and 4×4 relay for men. Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Samuel Onikeku, told The Guardian yesterday that the invited athletes will leave their base in the United States for Belgrade next week. While Brume will fly Nigeria’s flag in the women’s long jump, Ruth Usoro will contest in the women’s long/triple jump. Team Nigeria’s athletes for men’s 4X400m relay are Sikiru Adeyemi, Ifeanyi Ojeali, Samson Ogehewegba Nathaniel and Timothy Emeogene. The standard of the competition is expected to be extremely high as many Olympic champions are set to compete in Belgrade. Meanwhile, athletes from various parts of the country will converge on t...
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