Ese Brume Named As Top Contender In Botswana Golden Grand Prix

Ese Brume Named As Top Contender In Botswana Golden Grand Prix

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Nigeria’s queen of long jump, Ese Brume has been confirmed by organisers of the Botswana Golden Grand Prix, as one of the top athletes that will compete at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Gaborone on April 29.

The world indoor and outdoor silver medalist leads the women’s long jump field. The Olympic bronze medalist and Commonwealth champion holds the African record at 7.17m.

She will take on African champion, Marthe Koala of Burkina Faso and German Olympian Maryse Luzolo.

The men’s 100m field contains five men with sub-10-second PBs and features world silver medalist Marvin Bracy. The US sprinter earned world indoor silver in 2014 and reached the world indoor podium again in 2022, clocking a 60m PB of 6.44. Outdoors, he has a 100m PB of 9.85 and last year he finished in the top two in all but one of his 100m races.

Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala is the fastest man in the field. He holds the African record at 9.77, and last year he won the African and Commonwealth 100m titles.

World and Olympic 200m silver medalist, Kenny Bednarek will step down from his usual specialist distance. The versatile US sprinter is still an accomplished 100m performer, boasting a PB of 9.89.

Canada’s world 4x100m champion Aaron Brown is also in the field. The multiple world and Olympic 100m and 200m finalist has a PB of 9.96 for the shorter distance.

Liberian record-holder, Emmanuel Matadi and triple world U20 medalist, Benji Richardson of South Africa are also in the line-up.

These athletes join the previously announced stars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is contesting the 100m, and Sha’Carri Richardson, who will line up for the 200m.

-The Sun News