{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"Nigerian heroes of the Winter Olympics! - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4tN2tSabrf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/nigerian-heroes-of-the-winter-olympics\/\">Nigerian heroes of the Winter Olympics!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/nigerian-heroes-of-the-winter-olympics\/embed\/#?secret=4tN2tSabrf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Nigerian heroes of the Winter Olympics!&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"4tN2tSabrf\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/nigeria_winter_sports.jpg","thumbnail_width":308,"thumbnail_height":164,"description":"For a few weeks, before and during the 2018 Winter Olympics, Nigeria was a hot subject in the global media. The reason was the audacious decision of four Nigerian female athletes based in the United States of America to take up an unusual sport, Bobsleigh, and to become the first set of Africans to participate in the Olympics-on-ice since it started in 1924. The Games were a true feast of superhuman feats and skills on the ice. Although Nigeria returned home without a medal of any colouration, the country\u2019s participation was one of the most inspiring stories of the games. Even as the various teams in their national dresses and colours walked onto the tracks of the magnificent Pyeongyang Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony, the thunderous applause that welcomed the all-black and beautiful, Green and White-cladded Nigerian girls that punctuated the monotony of White faces, was a spontaneous reaction to an unfolding historical drama. After the games, the girls reminded the world of the real essence of the Olympic Movement through their conduct and spirit. They did not win any medals. They did not even come near winning one. Yet, with sheer grit and exuberant celebrations when they improved their personal best times even without winning, they taught the world how to celebrate the personal victories, and that \u2018at the Olympics, you do not have to come first to win\u2019.The Nigerian girls became some of the most celebrated, most publicized and most followed athletes at the games, without mounting the medal rostrum.   The reception back home is shockingly different since after the games. And the girls are back in Nigeria. One would have expected that the sports authorities will ride on the back of the momentum generated by the rest of the world during the games to make further capital at home by welcoming them to Nigeria like the heroes they really are."}