Deborah Acquah gets bronze in the women’s long jump after smashing her personal best twice with 6.95m.
Her previous record was 6.37m
Nigeria’s Ese Brume gets the gold after she makes 7m! This is huge, because very few athletes have jumped past 7, and the women’s world record is currently 7.52m, set in 1988.
Deborah becomes the FIRST Ghanaian Women’s in history to win a Long Jump Medal at the Commonwealth Games.
BOOM!
What a story for this woman. Sheer grit.
Only arrived in Birmingham on Friday midnight, and went straight to the qualifiers. Two days later, she’s picked up a medal.
Less than ideal preparations, but here she is!.
That’s now 5 medals for Ghana with one day to the end of the games – 2 silver, 3 bronze.
Boxing came through with 3 (2 silver, 1 bronze) and athletics with 2 bronze. #CWG2022
