Women set to represent Nigeria at the Winter Olympic Games for the First Time

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Nigeria are hoping to enter a bobsled team at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 2018 in a move that echoes the film Cool Runnings.

Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga, who are based in the United States, are looking to compete for Nigeria in the bobsledding event at the Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

But they might be hindered by a lack of funding. The trio need to raise funds for training, acquiring the high-tech gear required for the event and transportation.

The situation is similar to the 1993 film, starring John Candy, which was loosely based on the formation of the Jamaican bobsled team.

In the film, the four athletes find various ways to raise money – arm wrestling, singing in the street and opening a kissing booth – before eventually selling a car to do so.

And, in a more conventional way of raising money, the Nigerian trio have set up a GoFundMe page looking to raise $150,000 (£118,000) to pay for their expenses ahead of the Games.

Adigun is hopeful that Nigeria can find their way to South Korea, capture a gold medal and then popularise bobsledding across Africa.

‘Together, we can demonstrate that nothing is impossible with a little faith, support, and willingness to persevere,’ she said.

In a video celebrating their potential presence at the event in 2018, all three women danced to Drake’s All Me, singing along as they did.

They wore official Nigeria training gear while behind the scenes at their first photoshoot as a team.

Nigeria would join a select list of African nations if they competed at a Winter Olympic Games.

Only eight countries from Africa – including Cameroon, Ghana and Zimbabwe – have been represented at the event.

The trio representing Nigeria will hope for a better outcome at the Winter Olympics in 2018 than the Jamaican bobsled team in 1988.

That foursome of Dudley Stokes, Devon Harris, Michael White and Chris Stokes did not finish the four-man race after losing control of the sled.

The highest finish the Jamaican team have ever achieved came in 1994, when their four-man unit finished 14th.

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