To be very truthful, the first time I really took notice of the 'Winter Olympics' was when i saw the movie ' Eddie the Eagle'. I consider myself to be knowledgeable in sports, so i was surprised when after seeing the movie, I discovered that I knew close to nothing about the winter olympic games.
I can say that same goes for almost every Nigerian, and so many still do not know about such games. But we all know about the Summer olympics games, Paralympics and even the Commonwealth games!
But you really cannot blame us too much,afterall if the weather is about 25 degree celcius, people will be making a fuss about how cold the weather is. To us snow sounds like a fairytale!
But all that is about to change,thanks to these beautiful ladies.
Nigeria will be competing in the Winter Olympics for the first time when Seun Adigun, AkuomaOmeoga and Ngozi Onwumere compete in Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.
Now let's meet the ladies...
SEUN ADIGUN
Seun Adigun (31) is the driver of the Bobsleigh team and also currently a chiropractic student studying for a dual degree of a Doctorate of Chiropractic from Texas Chiropractic College and a Master's of Science in Exercise & Health Science University of Houston Clear Lake.
She competed in track & field for University of Houston, and went on to become a three-time 100m hurdle Nigerian National Champion and 2012 Olympian for the country.
AKUOMA OMEOGA
Akuoma Omeoga (25) is one of the brakeman for the Nigerian Women's Bobsled Team and also works as a healthcare recruiter.
She is a former collegiate Track and Field athlete for the University of Minnesota.
NGOZI ONWUMERE
Ngozi Onwumere (26) is one of the brakeman of the team. She competed for Nigeria in the 2015 All African games in Track & Field.
She has background work experience in the mortgage industry and is now a full-time student pursuing a Doctoral degree.
We can only say thank you for bringing the Winter Olympics to Nigeria, and that we'll all be cheering for you guys all the way.