The island nation of Fiji's first ever Olympic medal is gold thanks to a dominant effort by the country's men's rugby sevens team. The Fijians throttled Great Britain 43-7 in the gold-medal game ...

Fiji, a island nation of 800,000, whose national sports isn't just rugby but rugby sevens, has now won both Olympic gold medals after triumphing in the sports' debut at the Rio 2016 Games. The Flying ...

Not only did Fiji win the first-ever rugby sevens gold medal, but this is also the nation’s first Olympic medal of any kind in any sport. Osea Kolinisau, who served as Fiji’s flag bearer for the ...

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 Pacific Island nation of Fiji erupted into celebration on Friday after its rugby sevens team defeated Britain to capture the country’s first Olympic medal. The fact it was gold made it even ...

Fiji’s second consecutive gold medal in rugby sevens, following its success in the sport's inaugural Olympic tournament at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, provoked a spontaneous outpouring of joy in the ...

The Pacific island nation’s long wait for an Olympic medal was over. And when it finally arrived, it was a gold in a sport embraced with near-religious fervor among its 900,000 people.

Fiji, which has never won a gold medal in 16 Olympic appearances, showed why in a dominating performance against host nation Brazil in its first match of the Olympics on Tuesday.

Updated: Aug 12, 2016 / 05:25 AM EDT ... (NBCOlympics.com) RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Fiji’s powerful rugby players have won the South Pacific island nation’s first Olympic medal – and it’s gold.

The answer was Fiji in men's rugby sevens, and that answer is no longer correct—once again, in 2020 2021, the Fiji men have taken gold, this time by beating New Zealand in the finals.

Fiji's Kaminieli Rasaku, right celebrates after scoring a try with teammates during the men's semifinal Rugby Sevens match between Fiji and Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the Stade de ...