African Sports Monthly Vol I. Issue II February 2018 | Page 15

Names like Akwasi Frimpong (for Ghana
by way of USA and the Netherlands),
Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, Akuoma
Omeoga (for Nigeria by way of the USA),
Simidele Adeagbo (for Nigeria by way of
Canada), Maame Biney (for USA by way of
Ghana), Lamin Deen (for UK by way of
Sierra Leone), Hakeem Abdul-Saboor (for
USA) Aja Evans (for USA) and Jazmine
Fenlator-Victorian (for Jamaica by way of
the USA) to name but a few of a slew of
athletes of African descent, at the
ongoing Games, are showing the world
Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian- Jamaica
(Bobsled)
the power of positivity while inspiring the
world and younger generations through
Sports.
The Nigerian and Jamaican Women
Bobsled Teams of Seun Adigun, Ngozi
Onwumere, Akuoma Omeoga (Nigeria),
Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian, Audra Segree
and Carrie Russell (Jamaica) will race in
their bobsleds; 30 years to this year when
the first ever Jamaican male bobsled
team did so at the 1988 Winter Games,
which inspired a Disney classic movie
Maame Biney - USA (Speedskating)
dubbed, Cool Runnings.
Both Teams are a first for Nigeria and
Africa as a continent and Jamaica for
women bobsledding.
As if on cue; and taking on all the
negativity in the media and politics  of
division and race these days Jazmine
Fenlator-Victorian the Pilot for the
Lamin Deen - UK (Bobsled)