It’s more than just a hunger for gold for the Fiji Airways Fiji men’s 7s team now carrying the hopes of the nation at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Osea Kolinisau and his men understands that they will be playing to uphold the country’s legacy at the Mecca of all sports.
No other team has ever won sevens gold at the Olympics let alone win twice like Fiji did in Rio, Brazil and Tokyo, Japan.
This golden feat is something Kolinisau does not want to end in Paris, France.
“We are still hungry for that win and we want to keep that legacy that the other boys have built,” the 2016 Fiji 7s winning captain stated from France.
Past results in the World Sevens Series this season may spark some doubt but Kolinisau believes in the caliber of his men.
“The goal, we want to say let’s go out and defend our legacy, right now no other team can claim to be the champion and that’s something that the boys are trying to fight hard to live up to.
“We are really hungry, the public is hungry too and I know the boys are up for the challenge in the next two weeks,” Kolinisau added.
The team spent the last week acclimatising and adapting to the time difference in France while also working according to the new schedule or format of the Games.
Fiji will face Uruguay in its first pool match on July 25 at Stade de France in Paris.
