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11-17-2017, 08:18 AM
Nigeria women's bobsled team qualifies for the country's first Winter Olympics
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Nigeria is going to its first Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, next year — thanks to the women's bobsled team.
The African country has never competed in the Winter Olympics, but after the bobsled team qualified this week, Nigeria's green and white flag will be represented at the games.
SEE ALSO: Nigerian bobsled team hopes to make a push at history (http://mashable.com/2016/12/13/nigeria-bobsled-team-cool-runnings/)
The three-woman team was elated after qualifying in Canada. To qualify the team had to compete in five races, according to ESPN (http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/story/_/id/21430137/nigeria-bobsled-women-qualify-winter-olympics). The newly formed Bobsled & Skeleton Federation of Nigeria Instagram account (https://www.instagram.com/bsfnigeria/) was filled excited poses and exclamatory posts. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/16/nigeria-winter-olympics-women-bobsled/)
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Nigeria is going to its first Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, next year — thanks to the women's bobsled team.
The African country has never competed in the Winter Olympics, but after the bobsled team qualified this week, Nigeria's green and white flag will be represented at the games.
SEE ALSO: Nigerian bobsled team hopes to make a push at history (http://mashable.com/2016/12/13/nigeria-bobsled-team-cool-runnings/)
The three-woman team was elated after qualifying in Canada. To qualify the team had to compete in five races, according to ESPN (http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/story/_/id/21430137/nigeria-bobsled-women-qualify-winter-olympics). The newly formed Bobsled & Skeleton Federation of Nigeria Instagram account (https://www.instagram.com/bsfnigeria/) was filled excited poses and exclamatory posts. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/16/nigeria-winter-olympics-women-bobsled/)
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