Ese Brume leads Team Nigeria World Athletics Indoor Championships

Long Jumper Ese Brume is the only female athlete that will represent Team Nigeria at the World Athletics Championships in Glasgow taking place March 1-3, according to the entry released by the world governing body of athletics over the weekend. Others are quarter miler Sikiru Adeyemi, 306 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi will be competing in the shot-put, Edose Ibadin 60m, Dubem Nwachukwu 400m, and Chidi Okezie also 400.

In all, twenty reigning world champions and seven gold medallists from the Tokyo Olympics are among the entries.

The final entry lists confirm that 651 athletes from 133 teams have been entered for the global event.

The 651 entries comprise 331 women and 320 men. 18 of the gold medallists from the last edition of the championships will be in action in Glasgow, vying to earn another global title.

Global champions going for further glory in Glasgow include world record-holders Ryan Crouser (shot put), Gudaf Tsegay (3000m), Mondo Duplantis (pole vault), Femke Bol (400m), Karsten Warholm (400m), and Grant Holloway (60m hurdles).

Competition is expected to be fierce, with key head-to-heads including Noah Lyles vs Christian Coleman in the men’s 60m, Yaroslava Mahuchikh vs Nicola Olyslagers in the women’s high jump, Warholm vs Jereem Richards in the men’s 400m, Julien Alfred vs Ewa Swoboda in the women’s 60m, Selemon Barega vs Josh Kerr in the men’s 3000m, Crouser vs Darlan Romani in the men’s shot put, plus Jamaica vs USA vs the Netherlands in the women’s 4x400m.

Official start lists will become available after the technical meeting on Thursday, February 29 in Glasgow.