The two athletes have continued to enjoy global acclaim as Amusan jumped 38 places to move up to 5th position in the rankings, a massive rise for her in the space of a year compared to the 43rd position she ranked in September 2021.
Popular Nigerian hurdler and athlete, Tobi Amusan, and Long Jumper, Ese Brume, have ranked high in the latest World Athletes Women Chart.
The two athletes have continued to enjoy global acclaim as Amusan jumped 38 places to move up to 5th position in the rankings, a massive rise for her in the space of a year compared to the 43rd position she ranked in September 2021.
Recall that the 25-year-old hurdler has been recording incredible winning in the past four months during the Commonwealth Games.
In June, Amusan won two gold medals at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics, Mauritius. She then moved to the United States for the 2022 World Athletics Championships where she made world history.
Recall that at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, Amusan set a new World Record with a time of 12.12 seconds to win gold in the 100 meters hurdles, making her Nigeria’s first World Champion.
Amusan also successfully defended her Commonwealth Games 100 meters hurdles title at the 2022 Games to set a new games record of 12.30 seconds.
The World Champion also defended her Diamond League 100 meters hurdles title in Zurich, Switzerland.
In a similar progression, Amusan's compatriot and Olympics bronze medalist, Brume ranked 93rd within the same period and leaped to 61st position in the rankings.
Brume leaped 32 places up to become the second-best ranked Nigerian on the chart.
Note that Brume has reportedly been the most consistent Nigerian athlete in recent years, in that she can be leaned on to always deliver a medal for Nigeria.
According to her achievements record, Brume won a Bronze medal for Nigeria at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics that took place in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic and she has been impressive since then.
She won a silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Nigeria’s only medal in the competition.
Some months later, she won a silver medal also at the World Athletics Championships to make history as the first African to win two long jump medals in the history of the competition.
Ese Brume, who is 26 years old leaped a 7.0 meters jump to win gold at the women’s long jump event and also broke the game record in the event during the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Amusan and Brume were conferred with the national honours of the Order of the Niger (OON) and a cash reward of N4.5million each by President Muhammadu Buhari during a State House visit on Thursday.