Atlanta 1996 Olympic gold medal winner Chioma Ajunwa has expressed delight that 25-year-old long jump record was broken by Ese Brume.
Brume, 25, shattered Ajunwa’s record of 7.12m set the 1996 Olympics after a leap of 7.17m at the Chula Vista festival in the USA last weekend.
Ajunwa speaking in a chat with brila.net she is happy that her record has been broken stating that it indicates potential medal success for Brume at the Tokyo Olympics games.
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“25 years is a very long year and this is what I have been expecting all along and I thank God that it is Ese that did it and she did it at the very right time very close to the Olympics.
“And I believe if she can put her head down, calculate very well rest well enough, I believe she can hit it at the Olympics.”