Three
women set to make history by becoming the first people to represent Nigeria in
the winter Olympics arrived in Africa’s most populous country on Thursday amid
final preparations ahead of the Games.
The trio, all raised in
the United States, make up the Super Eagles women’s bobsleigh team who will
compete in this month’s Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The participation of
team members Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga will not just be a
first for Nigeria. No African nation has ever competed in an Olympic bobsled
event.
“Representing Nigeria
and Africa is an honor, it is so humbling,” Adigun, the driver, told a news
conference in the southern commercial capital, Lagos, attended by around 100
people
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