“You don’t need to represent a snowy country to compete in the bobsled.” Seun Adigun, the captain of Team Nigeria — the first African nation to participate in the event — started out as a track-and-field star via The New York Times Magazine

The First Nigerian Bobsled Team makes their debut at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.

• “Nigeria’s First Bobsled Team Arrives at the Olympics Opening Ceremony and People Are Really Excited” http://time.com/5142773/nigerian-bobsled-team-opening-ceremony-winter-olympics-2018/
• “The First African Team to Compete in Bobsled” | The New York Magazine: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/31/magazine/winter-olympics-bobsled-nigerian-seun-adigun.html
• “Nigerian women’s bobsled team makes Olympic history” | NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/nigerian-women-s-bobsled-team-makes-olympic-history-1158152771992
• “Winter Olympics 2018: All eyes on remarkable Nigerian women bobsleigh team” https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-02-09-winter-olympics-2018-all-eyes-on-remarkable-nigerian-women-bobsleigh-team/
• “How Nigeria’s first ever Winter Olympians went from track to bobsled” | CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/africa/nigeria-bobsled-team-winter-olympics/index.html
• “We’re all goofballs’ – meet Nigeria’s historic bobsleigh team”| BBC Sport:: http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/42908172
• “Meet Nigeria’s first-ever Olympic bobsled team, the first from Africa”| Business  Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/nigeria-has-its-first-bobsled-team-2018-2 
• “Meet the Nigerian  Women’s Bobsled Team Who are Africa’s First Ever Winter Olympic Athletes in the Sport” | People: http://people.com/sports/nigerian-women-bobsled-team-winter-olympics/
• “Nigerians meet their Winter Olympic bobsled Team” | Vanguard: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/nigerians-meet-winter-olympic-bobsled-team/
• “Meet the Nigerian   Bobsled and Skeleton Team” | Travel Start: http://www.travelstart.com.ng/blog/meet-the-nigerian-bobsled-skeleton-team/

Link to Photo Credit: Nigerian Bobsled Team

 Link to Photo Credit: Nigerian Bobsled Team via “The New York Times Magazine”