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Team Delta plans for success at Asaba 2018 Athletics Championships

28/11/2017

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Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the Asaba 2018 Africa Senior Athletics Championships, Solomon Ogba, has assured Team Delta will beat its own record set in 2013 when it hosted the inaugural African Youth Athletics Championships (AYAC).

Ogba said over the weekend that Delta is committed to hosting the best African Senior Championships ever.

“When we hosted AYAC, it was adjudged the best ever by CAA officials and other athletics buffs. We shall do the same with the Asaba 2018 Championships. From football to athletics, Delta State is used to hosting the world and we have competent managers who have observed and worked at the highest levels of sports organization from the Olympics Games to IAAF World Championships, Commonwealth Games and others. We have capable hands and in Delta, sports is a way of life, our people are passionate about sports’’.

Ogba, who is also the President of the Bobsled & Skeleton Federation of Nigeria, said the LOC will give Team Nigeria all the assistance they need so that Nigeria can host and win.

“Nigeria sits up top in the all time African Senior Athletics Championships medals table and we are not ready to surrender that lead, especially when we are hosting, so all hands will be on deck to ensure that Team Nigeria performs great enough to win. We shall assist the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) in preparing athletics for the championships.”

The LOC Chairman also revealed that new members will be inducted into the CAA Hall of Fame in Asaba,

“Beyond the championships proper, Asaba 2018 will be a celebration of athletics as the who is who in athletics worldwide will be in Asaba to celebrate our sports in Delta State’’ said Ogba.




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Nigeria's Bobsled team makes Olympic Games history

16/11/2017

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Three Nigerian women have made history by qualifying for the Bobsled competition of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

It is the first time in the country’s history that it will be represented at the Winter Olympics.

Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga wrote their names in the history books by becoming the first African team, men or women, to qualify for the Bobsled category, after completing the required 5 races.

An emotional Adigun was elated at the achievement

“I am extremely excited – almost to a point of being overwhelmed by the different emotions.

“This is a huge milestone for sports in Nigeria”, she said.

"Nothing makes me prouder than to know that I can play a small role in creating opportunities for winter sports to take place in Nigeria.”

The grueling process started in 2016 when the team’s driver, former African 100m hurdles champion, Adigun teamed up with her brakemen, Onwumere and Omeoga, on the ice.

Adigun’s first encounter with the sport was as a brakeman for the USA Women’s Blobsled Team in 2015, before deciding to push for a Nigerian team.

The women went on to train in Utah, New Zealand, South Korea and Canada, as they learned to steer the sled down the sloppy ice tracks at a speed of 110 to 120 kilometers per hour, crashing a few times in the process.

Their first qualifying race was in the North America Cup in Park City, Utah where Seun and her brakeman Akuoma completed two races in January. They went on to Whistler, Canada for their second track where Adigun and brakeman, Onwumere were the only team to complete the first race as other teams crashed out of what was a very difficult track.

Their hard work paid off in Calgary, when they completed their fourth and fifth races for a place at the 23rd Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
An excited President of the Bobsled and Skeleton Federation of Nigeria, Chief Solomon Ogba, congratulated the team on the historic feat, commending their dedication and hard work.

“I commend the personal dedication and commitment of these women. Their hard work was inspiring and I hope Nigerians can appreciate what it took for them to achieve this – the work, the discipline, and the personal sacrifices. They were amazing throughout this journey.

“They are all very successful people in their own right - in sports and out of it, and somehow they are still motivated and still push for more success.

“I have watched them train and work hard to represent Nigeria at the Winter Olympics in a very technical and high risk sport and they have achieved that. They should be very proud, and I am very proud of them.”

The team also received a congratulatory message from the President of the Nigeria Olympics Committee, Habu Gumel.

The Bobsled and Skeleton Federation of Nigeria is still on track for a spot in the Skeleton competition with driver Simidele Adeagbo two races away from another historic achievement for Nigeria.

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