Former Women’s number one tennis star Serena Williams has revealed her excitement ahead of Nigeria ladies’ taking part in the Bobsledding event of the forthcoming Winter Olympics for the first time.
Serena who made a last minute turn around over her initial desire to compete in the Australia Open, further revealed that she watched a video of the Nigerian Three-women team which were chilling according to her.
Taking to her verified twitter account, the 23 Grand Slam winner said” This video literally gave me chills, I am so excited to watch Nigeria compete in the winter Olympics bobsledding race the first time an African country has ever competed in bobsledding!”
The video watched by the American tennis super star and mother of one, could be one titled “Nigeria Women’s Bobsleigh team celebrated in new beats by Dre advert”
Nigeria’s trio of Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga are set to make history at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, thus stamping Nigeria on the world map as the first African country to compete in the sport at the winter Olympics.
The trio, are all from sprinting backgrounds, and are also the first African team to make it into the bobsleigh after a Go Fund me campaign backed their training and qualification campaign.
Pilot Adigun competed in the 100m hurdles at London 2012 while Onwumere sprinted for Nigeria at the IAAF World Relays in 2015. Omeoga, who will compete with Onwumere for the brakewoman spot, ran for the University of Minnesota.
The Nigerian team who are likely to be the cynosure of eyes at the event said they are determined to leave their foot print on the sand of history on one hand and encourage others to banish fear in their lives and be ready to venture into any area of life and make a mark.
“Our goal is to create a legacy where people will never be limited by the fear of the unknown.”
Interestingly the Nigerian team will be competing against their Jamaican counterparts Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian and Carrie Russell who are making a debut at the event 30 years after their men featured at the event.
Carrie Russell was a 2013 World Championships gold medalist in the 4x100m relay while Audra Segree also sprinted on the world stage.