Winter Olympics: More Nigerians will embrace Bobsled — Ogba

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By Ben Efe

As Nigerian women bobsled team prepare to make history at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Nigeria Bobsled and Skeleton Federation president, Solomon Ogba stated that the sport will attract more Nigerians from home and abroad.

Nigeria’s women Bobsled team

Ogba was speaking during an event organised by Travelstart Nigeria and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to wish the team well at the Games billed for February 9-25 in the Korean resort City. The Nigerian team made up of Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, Simidele Adeagbo and Akuoma Omeoga will make history as the first African women team to participate in the Games. Ogba, a former Athletics Federation of Nigeria president, submitted that their participation, win or lose, will open doors for more Nigerians to participate in the sport.

“Unknowing to us we have been doing bobsled in Nigeria. In those days…



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