Reigning Commonwealth Games and African long jump record holder, Ese Brume, has shifted her focus to the United States for her qualification to the Paris 2024 Olympics Games after she was denied visa by the Chinese Embassy in Lagos, thereby preventing her from competing in the Diamond League in Suzhou, yesterday.
Brume was aiming to use the Diamond League in Suzhou to hit the 6.86m mark to secure automatic qualification for the Paris 2024 Games, her third straight Olympics appearance, but the Chinese Embassy refused to give visa for the trip.
Her coach, Kayode Yahaya told The Guardian, in a telephone chat, yesterday, that they submitted their all relevant documents at the Chinese Embassy for visa but it was turned down. “I don’t really know why they refused to give us visa this time,” Yahaya said. “Last year, they did not waste time before giving us the visa to attend the Diamond League in China. We…
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