After 10 years of trying and failing to qualify for the Summer Olympics in track and field, Adeagbo was inspired by watching
the Nigerian bobsled team to try a winter sport instead, intrigued by the possibility of «making history.»
Not exact matches
One thing to know: The
Nigerian women's
bobsled team is not just Nigeria's first - ever
bobsled team, but the first African nation to have a
bobsled team in the Olympics.
Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, and Akuonma Omega make up the trio of
Nigerian women who will be competing in the 2018 games as representatives for the first - ever African — male or female —
bobsled team.
Seun Adigun (right) and Akuoma Omeoga, from the
Nigerian women's
bobsled team, wave after an Olympic heat on February 20.