497 articles tagged "olympics"
Juggling education and sports is a difficult thing to do as student but this is how Fiji National University student and Olympic gold medalist Iosefo Masi prepared for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The 23-year-old Fore
Most of the gold medal winning Fiji Men’s 7s team players have been reunited with their families after completing their 14 days quarantine in Nadi. Players and officials have been away from their families since A
Olympic gold medalist Napolioni Bolaca is one of the chief playmakers of the Fiji 7s team and he has now also revealed he is the team DJ. Bolaca is known for his humour and comic timing. /+AUDIO-1033738310611
Fiji Men's 7s player and Olympic gold medalist Napolioni Bolaca who is known for his humour and comic timing has shared a story that he says he will cherish for the rest of his life. The story is on the team travel
The remaining athletes for Team Fiji including the Fijiana 7s team have arrived in the country last night and are starting their 14-day quarantine. The team left Tokyo for Sydney and then got on a transit flight t
Olympic gold medalist Aminiasi Tuimaba says he used to travel 3 hours after every 15s training session to train for 7s rugby as he was still aiming to be a part of the Fiji 7s team to the Olympics. He says he was a
Fiji Men’s 7s team flyer Aminiasi Tuimaba has dedicated the Tokyo Olympics gold medal win to his late grandfather who passed away during the Los Angeles 7s last year. Tuimaba who is from Yasawa lived for mo
Despite a series of serious injuries, Waisea Nacuqu always knew that he had to work hard to achieve his goal of representing Fiji in the Olympics and to win gold. The Olympic gold medalist says the biggest injury b
The struggles of being discriminated against for playing what people say is a men’s game never stopped the Fijiana playmaker, Viniana Riwai from representing Fiji in not one but two sports on the international stage.
Olympic gold medalist Asaeli Tuivuaka has paid tribute to his mother for always supporting him in his 7s career. Growing up was not easy for Tuivuaka after losing his father when he was 14 and his mother looked aft
Fiji Men’s National 7s team gold medal winning captain Jerry Tuwai says being away from loved ones while preparing for the Tokyo Olympics was really difficult and admits they were very close to leaving camp one day.
Russian athletes are going home with their most medals since 2004 even though their team, flag and anthem were officially banned from the Tokyo Olympics. BBC News reports Competing as the Russian Olympic Committee
Fiji Men’s National 7s team gold medal winning captain Jerry Tuwai says he does not believe he will be around for the next Olympic Games in Paris in France in 2024. The double Olympic gold medalist says there are
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics concluded with an upbeat ceremony in Japan's capital last night with Fijiana 7s team captain Rusila Nagasau being Fiji’s flag bearer for the closing ceremony. Fiji finished the Olympic Gam
The U.S. women's basketball team has won its seventh consecutive gold medal with a 90-75 victory over Japan at Tokyo 2020. Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi have become the first basketball players – female or male –
Eliud Kipchoge says he has "fulfilled" his legacy after the Kenyan became the first athlete since 1980 to retain an Olympic marathon title at Tokyo 2020. Kipchoge, only the third person to win successive Olympic ma
SODELPA is pleased that the government has announced a million-dollar reward package for the accomplishments of our Fiji Men’s 7s team and the Fijiana 7s team at the Tokyo Olympics. SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka
A German coach has been thrown out of the Olympics for appearing to punch a horse who was refusing to jump or trot during the modern pentathlon. Coach Kim Raisner was heard on German TV urging tearful athlete Annik
Israel's Linoy Ashram has caused a huge upset in the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final, becoming the first non-Russian champion since 1996. The 22-year-old toppled the long-standing reign by b
Allyson Felix has overtaken Carl Lewis as the most decorated American track and field athlete after helping Team USA to Olympic gold in the 4x400m relay. BBC News reports the 35-year-old had already become the most
