Simidele Adeagbo has clearly able for the 2018 Winter Olympics in the Women’s Skeleton. Simidele will be the aboriginal Nigerian and African changeable amateur to attempt in the Olympics in the sport.
She will as well be the aboriginal Black changeable amateur to attempt in the Skeleton in the Winter Olympics. Her accomplishment came afterwards she completed 5 appropriate races.
Her adventure into Skeleton started if she heard about the Nigerian bobsled team, so, she absitively to go for a balloon in August and was successful.
According to her website, Simidele fabricated history in her 5th and 6th races, acceptable the aboriginal anytime African Skeleton amateur to abode in the top 3 and be represented on the belvedere in all-embracing competition.
A four-time NCAA All-American and amateur jump academy almanac holder, Simidele hopes that her achievements will go above her and her new sport.
“Ultimately, for me, this is about breaking barriers in sports. It’s about authoritative history. And abrogation a legacy. It’s about affective action forward. That’s so abundant bigger than just me getting an Olympian. This will accessible doors and alleviate the abeyant of approaching ancestors of athletes,” she said.
With Simidele and the three women bobsledders, Nigeria will be abundantly represented at the Olympics this year.