The favourites in the Olympic Rugby Sevens competition moved safely through to the quarter-finals after the opening pool matches in hot and humid conditions on Monday, but the fate of Australia and hosts Japan hangs in the balance.
New Zealand brushed aside the strong challenge of Argentina in their second game in Pool A, winning 35-14 to book their place in the last eight. The Argentines need to beat minnows South Korea on Tuesday to go through.
Australia may have to beat the All Blacks on day two to keep their hopes alive, though a thumping 42-5 victory over the Koreans improved their points difference after a poor showing in an opening 29-19 loss to Argentina.
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The champion Fiji 7s team in Rio. Picture: FT FILE
In 2016, our first Olympic Games gold medal provided a fairytale ending.
Our boys stepped onto the podium to receive their gold medals from Princess Anne as tears flowed freely.
The noise was deafening as Fijians took to the streets to express their excitement.
The nation was at a halt, everything stopped as celebrations went wild. That moment is hard to de- scribe and put on paper.
In my letter (13/08/16) titled Dream comes true I wrote on August 12 will go down in Fiji’s history books. On a chilly Friday morning our 7s heroes grabbed our first Olympics gold medal.
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