Kenya's sevens rugby head coach Benjamin Ayimba wants nothing less than a gold medal at the Rio Olympics.
Ayimba named a strong team with a believe factor that they can topple their opponents including New Zealand, Great Britain and Japan in Pool C.
Having secured their first ever World Rugby Sevens Series tournament title in Singapore earlier this year, Ayimba's men will head to Brazil as one of the potential dark horses for a medal in Rio.
Collins Injera who possess the all‑time try scorer on the world series is joined in the squad by brother Humphrey Kayange, who was part of the delegation that successfully stated Sevens’ case for inclusion to the International Olympic Committee back in October 2009.
The other players who have been selected are captain Andrew Amonde, Biko Adema, Willie Ambaka, Oscar Ayodi, Augustine Lugonzo, Bush Mwale, Billy Odhiambo, Samuel Oliech, Dennis Ombachi, Oscar Ouma.
Meanwhile, the Fiji Men’s 7s team will have a training session at Raviravi Village in Beqa Island tomorrow.
They will also present their I-tatau to the President at 9 this morning. Join us as we will have live video coverage of Team Fiji’s I-tatau on our facebook page, fijivillage.com
The women’s team leaves for Rio on Saturday while the men’s team leaves next Tuesday.
Fiji will take on Brazil in their first Rio Olympics pool game at 4.30am on August 10th, they will then face Argentina at 9.30am before taking on USA at 4.30am on August 11th.
