Ese Brume reclaims top ranking status in Africa, drops to 13th in the World
Nigeria’s World indoor, outdoor and Olympic medalist, Ese Brume is back as the top ranked African in the women’s long jump event and 13th best in the World following World Athletics’ update of its weekly World Rankings.
Brume lost her ranking status towards the end of March to make junior international, Prestina Ochonogor climb up as thet top ranked Nigerian woman in the event.
The reigning Commonwealth Games champion returned to the long jump pit at the Drake Relays late last month, eight months after she competed in the final of the event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
She ended 2024 as the top ranked Nigerian and African woman and sixth in the World with 1,310 ranking score, a position she maintained in the new year until March 2025 when her name was yanked off the ranking list.
Upon enquiry, Sportsnow.com.ng was told by the World governing body for the sport, World Athletics that Brume risks losing her ranking score if she fails to compete latest this June.
‘The reason why she (Ese Brume) is not currently listed is that she only has 4 performances in the last one-year period, while the criteria is to have at least 5.
‘As soon as she collects one more (before 8 June) she will be back in the Rankings,’ wrote a certain András Szabo, a Partner Statistician with World Athletics to an enquiry from Sportsnow.com.ng.
Article 2.8.1 of the World Athletics Ranking Rules says: Only those Performance Scores are considered, which were obtained by the athlete in a 12 month period prior to the date of the Rankings.’
The Nigerian, after recovering from a car incident competed at the 115th Drake Relays held in Des Moines, Iowa on April 26.
Two of her jumps got ranking score and when the World Rankings was updated three days later, the Nigerian’s ranking score dropped to 1,264, same as Burkina Faso’s Marthe Kaola to become the joint top ranked African and 13th best in the World.
