Olympics - Rugby Sevens champions Fiji switch coaches for Paris


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  • Sunday, 10 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Rugby - Men's Gold Medal Match - Fiji v Great Britain - Deodoro Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 11/08/2016. Osea Kolinisau (FIJ) of Fiji evades Tom Mitchell (GBR) of Great Britain to score a try. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Olympic Rugby Sevens men's champions Fiji have sacked English coach Ben Gollings and appointed 2016 gold medallist Osea Kolinisau in his placeF some four months before they defend their title in Paris.

Fiji won the inaugural Olympic gold medal - the island nation's first in any sport - at the 2016 Rio Games and retained the title in Tokyo three years ago but have not won a round on the World Rugby Sevens Series since May 2022.

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