Ese Brume drops to sixth in race for Diamond League final, finishes eighth in Monaco

African long jump record holder (7.17m), Ese Brume looks in danger of missing out of the Diamond League final after finishing eighth in the long jump event
at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday evening.

The Nigerian got just one point for her effort to increase her total points haul to 10 and she dropped to sixth in the long jump ranking with just London and
Shenzhen meetings to go before the final in Eugene, Oregon.

Brume leapt a distance of 6.67m in the second round of the competition in Monaco and it ended as her best of an exciting evening as Italy’s
Iapichino Larissa needed a huge, 6.95m final round effort to claim the win.

France’s Kpatcha Hilary opened the competition with a 6.77m lead but ended up in finishing fourth while reigning World indoor champion, Ivana Vuleta who
jumped to the lead with her 6.86m third round effort finished third.

Reigning US champion, Tara Davis-Woodhall who thought she had taken the lead and the win after her 6.88m fifth round effort ended as the runner up to
Iapichino.

Iapichino tops the ranking with the maximum 24 points from three wins with Vuleta and Davis-Woodhall joint second with 14 points while injured Mihambo
Malaika and Ukraine’s Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk are 11 points each with Brume next with 10 points.

The Nigerian is set to lose more ground on Sunday as she is not registered for the event at the London Diamond League meeting.