Ese Brume is ranked third best long jumper in the world
Commonwealth champion Ese Brume finished the 2022 season has the overall third best long jumper in the world and in the season’s top list she was number five.
Austrian Brooke Buschkuehl with a jump of 7.13m has the season’s best jump. German Malaika Mihambo with 7.12m is number two, Serbia Ivana Vuleta with 7.06m, American Tara Davis with 7.03m is number four and Brume with 7.02 m is number five.
2022 number in women long jump is Mihambo with 1411, Vuleta is second with 1394 and Brume a close third with 1382.Medalists at the World Athletics Championship are Mihambo gold medal, Brume silver and Brazil Leticia Oro Melo silver.
Ivana won the World Indoor Championships, Burundi Marthe Koala won the and Ivana won the European Championships. Burks won the NACAC Championships: Quanesha Burks, the Oceania Championships was won Tomysha Clark and our girl Brume won the Commonwealth Games.
Vuleta again was on the podium winning Wanda Diamond League: Ivana Vuleta , the World U20 Championships was won by Plamena Mitkova of Bulgaria.
The summary of the season revealed that two experienced stars continued their reign in 2022, a Mihambo retaining her world title in Oregon and Ivana Vuleta adding more world indoor, European and Diamond League titles to her highly decorated resume.
During an indoor season that saw seven women jump 6.80m or farther for the best depth since 2016, Vuleta provided the standout as she soared a world lead of 7.06m to successfully defend her world indoor crown in front of an ecstatic home crowd at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22. She won ahead of Brume (6.85m) and Britain’s Lorraine Ugen (6.82m).
While Vuleta would go on to finish seventh in the World Championships final in Oregon, she again finished on top at the European Championships and Wanda Diamond League Final, soaring her season’s best of 7.06m in Munich.
In Oregon, Mihambo held her nerve to rebound after two fouls in the opening rounds, jumping 6.98m, then 7.09m and finally 7.12m to add another global gold to her world and Olympic titles. Brume also soared beyond seven metres, reaching 7.02m to secure another silver medal, while Letiticia Oro Melo claimed Brazil’s first world medal in the event thanks to a 6.89m PB leap.
Australia’s Brooke Buschkuehl had gone into the championships with the world lead of 7.13m – a mark that she set in Chula Vista earlier in the month to improve her own Oceanian record – and she placed fifth in the world final with 6.87m, Australia’s best ever finish in the event at the World Championships.
Just seven centimetres separated third to eighth place, with Quanesha Burks just a single centimetre off Oro Melo’s bronze medal mark and Khaddi Sagnia also jumping 6.87m.
