Asaba — What was initially thought as a missed opportunity has turned out to be a huge blessing for Ese Brume, who won gold in the long jump event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, after inconvenient timing forced Blessing Okagbare to withdraw from the event where she was the overwhelming favourite to win.
Brume, at just 18 years, is another product from Delta State that has become a conveyor belt for the grooming of world beaters.
Like Okagbare, she is also the product of the vision of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, who equally invested in her latent talent after she was discovered during the Delta State-sponsored the Awoture Eleyae Athletics Championship in September 2013 in Sapele.
"Brume is the next best thing to happen to athletics and having been taken under the tutelage of the Delta Sports Commission as a staff, she will continue to get maximum support and guidance. I am confident that with the continued support of Dr. Uduaghan, she will soon become a global household name", Chike Ogeah, Delta State Commissioner for Information, said.
According to the commissioner, the Delta Sports Commission, under professional management, has become a factory for the grooming of young talents that will dominate the global stage. Ogeah said that the commission was working to secure a scholarship for Brume in a United States university, through which she would advance her sporting career.
In winning the 200 metres gold at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, Okagbare became only the 11th person and the first African to win the sprint double in a single Commonwealth Games in both men and women events.
The Delta State-born star athlete has emerged the most outstanding female athlete of the games with her sterling performance in a field of world class sprinters.
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