Nigerian Women Bobsledders: The 'S***hole' Olympians Warming Hearts in South Korea
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ROMEâSeun Adigun  the driver for the Nigerian bobsleigh Olympic team competing in Pyeongchang this weekend  doesnât like snow. She finds it cold and messy and  most of all  slippery.
 Adigun   along with her brake women Akuoma Omeoga and Ngozi Onwumere  are the first-ever Nigerian team competing in a winter Olympics (not to mention the first-ever bobsled team to ever represent an African nation). In their native Nigeria  a country often in the headlines for corruption and terrorism  most people have never even heard of the sport.
âJust because you don't know what it means to see snow or to understand temperatures that are equivalent to ice  that doesn't mean you have to shy away from it "  Adigun  said at the celebration  according to press reports. "That's what Africa is representing  that we can take those risks and still be able to compete with the best in the world."
 Adigun  even built the teamâs first sled  which  she  called the Maeflower after  her  late sister-in-law  in  her  student garage in Houston  Texas  where  she  is working on double masters degrees.  She  qualified to train with the U.S. bobsled team  but in 2016  after learning Nigeria has never had a winter Olympics sports team  started  her  own team to compete for the African nation.
 â Adigun  competed under the Nigerian flag in the 2012 summer Olympics in London and is a three-time Nigerian national track and field champion.  Her  teammates are also track and field stars. â
Adigun  a track and field Olympian  competed under the Nigerian flag in the 2012 summer Olympics in London and is a three-time Nigerian national track and field champion and a two-time African continental track and field champion.  Her  teammates are also track and field stars who have competed in African and American competitions.
ROMEâSeun Adigun  the driver for the Nigerian bobsleigh Olympic team competing in Pyeongchang this weekend  doesnât like snow. She finds it cold and messy and  most of all  slippery.
  [TGT]    along with her brake women Akuoma Omeoga and Ngozi Onwumere  are the first-ever Nigerian team competing in a winter Olympics (not to mention the first-ever bobsled team to ever represent an African nation). In their native Nigeria  a country often in the headlines for corruption and terrorism  most people have never even heard of the sport.
âJust because you don't know what it means to see snow or to understand temperatures that are equivalent to ice  that doesn't mean you have to shy away from it "   [TGT]   said at the celebration  according to press reports. "That's what Africa is representing  that we can take those risks and still be able to compete with the best in the world."
 Adigun  even built the teamâs first sled  which  she  called the Maeflower after  her  late sister-in-law  in  her  student garage in Houston  Texas  where  she  is working on double masters degrees.  She  qualified to train with the U.S. bobsled team  but in 2016  after learning Nigeria has never had a winter Olympics sports team  started  her  own team to compete for the African nation.
 â Adigun  competed under the Nigerian flag in the 2012 summer Olympics in London and is a three-time Nigerian national track and field champion.  Her  teammates are also track and field stars. â
Adigun  a track and field Olympian  competed under the Nigerian flag in the 2012 summer Olympics in London and is a three-time Nigerian national track and field champion and a two-time African continental track and field champion.  Her  teammates are also track and field stars who have competed in African and American competitions.