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Fiji Sevens Retains Olympic Gold The sport made its debut in the Summer Games in 2016 at the Rio Olympics, meaning the Fiji team are now undefeated in Olympic rugby sevens competition. Source: Planet Rugby Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:48 AM It may have been the early hours in Fiji, but Fijians were celebrating, with videos popping up on social media of groups of locals taking to the streets to dance and sing. They were celebrating their rugby sevens team's victory in the men's final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics making them back-to-back Olympic gold medal champions. The "Flying Fijians", le...

The champion Fiji 7s team in Rio. Picture: FT FILE It’s a known fact that every time the Fiji 7s team sets foot on the world stage, fans across the world expect nothing less than a victory and mount Fiji as clear favourites and unstoppable. We are viewed as the kings of the shortened form of rugby with natural fl air, spellbinding skill and sheer speed, world-class and top drawer. All the verbal sparring amongst the heavyweights including Fiji, New Zealand, South Africa, Great Britain, USA, and Australia, which started nearly 18-months ago plus following a year of postponement, ...

PACNEWS Fiji 7s national head coach Gareth Baber during training with his boys. Picture: FT FILE TOKYO, 21 JULY 2021 (WORLD RUGBY) – World rugby caught up with Welshman Baber as he plots Fiji’s defence of the Olympic title they won in Rio five years ago. It was a celebration that brought Fiji to a standstill. Two weeks after the country’s men’s sevens team had delivered the nation’s first ever Olympic medal, with gold at Rio 2016, the players were treated to a homecoming to remember. Thousands of fans lined the streets waving flags as the team made its way from Nadi Airport to Pri...

PACNEWS Fiji 7s coach Gareth Baber. Picture: FT FILE SUVA, 20 JULY 2021 (BBC SPORTS) – You can’t immediately see the similarities, but Gareth Baber feels them. Llanelli, south Wales. A small town backing on to green hills and a history of heavy industry. Fiji, South Pacific. A tropical archipelago of palms, white sand and a slower way of life. Half the globe away, and a world of difference. But Baber, the Welshman who arrived as Fiji’s sevens coach in January 2017, does not feel as far from home as all that. “I spent a lot of time in Llanelli as a kid, in the pubs, playing pool, knoc...

Tokyo Olympics: Gareth Baber on the pressure and privilege of coaching Fiji By Mike HensonBBC Sport Baber (far left) has been Fiji's sevens coach since January 2017 You can't immediately see the similarities, but Gareth Baber feels them. Llanelli, south Wales. A small town backing on to green hills and a history of heavy industry. Fiji, South Pacific. An tropical archipelago of palms, white sand and a slower way of life. Half the globe away, and a world of difference. But Baber, the Welshman who arrived as Fiji's sevens coach in January 2017, does not feel as far from home as all that.