By AFPMore by this AuthorPYEONGCHANGAs they prepare to make Olympic history in Pyeongchang, Nigeria's women's bobsleigh team admit they battle their demons every time they climb into the sled. "The first time I got in a sled it was honestly terrifying," driver Seun told AFP in an interview after training. "That kind of helps dampen the fear because when you get in a sled you really don't know exactly what's going to happen. Thirty years after the Jamaican men's bobsled team took the sports world by storm at the 1988 Calgary Olympics — immortalised in the hit Hollywood movie "Cool Runnings" — Nigeria's women are poised to become Pyeongchang's unlikeliest stars. "Crazily enough I actually met the driver of the of the first Jamaican bobsled team (Dudley Stokes) today.

Source: Daily Nation February 07, 2018 09:11 UTC