Serena Williams celebrates Nigeria’s bobsledding team for making history

shakirudeen taiwo

January 21, 2018 8:21 PM

The whole world is celebrating Nigeria for achieving this fate.

Four-time Wimbledon winner Serena Williams has taken to Twitter to celebrate Nigerias female bobsledding team for making it to the Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Nigeria’s qualification in the bobsledding event at the winter Olympics put the nation as the first African country to take part in the event and has become one of the endearing sports stories of recent times.

More so, it was a female team that attained the remarkable achievement hence the celebration of our female sports stars across the globe.

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The team is made of the trio of Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga.

Serena Williams is not the only one celebrating the Nigerian trio for making history, the Beats by Dr Dre also highlighted them in the latest push video of its global “Above the Noise” campaign.

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In the video, Seun, Ngozi and Akuoma are presented as one of the world’s most ambitious and adventurous athletes in winter sports. The one-minute clip presents the three ground-breaking athletes as a portray of maintaining a masterful focus and unwavering drive to represent their countries.

“You can live in your own legacy, but you’ve got to start somewhere. You’ve got to open the door,” one member of the team says in the influential video.

“Our goal is to create a legacy where people will never be limited by the fear of the unknown.”

shakirudeen taiwo

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