Nigeria, March 22 -- Team Nigeria athletes are not only winning medals at the ongoing African Games in Ghana, they are doing so in record-breaking fashion.

Ese Brume on Thursday could have joined the list of record breakers as she soared to a first-round jump of 6.92m to secure gold in the women's Long Jump event

Unfortunately, the excessive wind reading denied her that extra accolade.

The legal wind reading is any mark below +2.0

With this nonetheless, Brume will be happy she successfully defended her 2019 title even though the Games record of 6.79m which had stood since 2007 could not be broken.

Brume's victory has also seen her punch her ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics, where she will be hoping to improve on the bronze medal she...