Weightlifter Cikamatana in tears after finishing fourth

Eileen Cikamatana was in tears and her coach Paul Coffa is reconsidering retirement after she fell short of their lofty Olympic weightlifting goals. Coffa had confidently predicted the 24-year-old would win a medal, but

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World Rugby aim to tweak calendar in wake of Olympic sevens high

World Rugby needs to recalibrate its international calendar to enable more players like Antoine Dupont to switch between sevens and 15s, according to the federation’s CEO, Alan Gilpin.  Dupont played a starring

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Tasi’s love for the water

Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Olympic swimmer Tasi Limtiaco’s love for the pool is no surprise, given his island upbringing. “Tasi” means ocean or the sea in the indigenous languages of Guam and the

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Samoa boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito passes away at Paris Olympics

The International Boxing Association has released a statement mourning the death of 60-year-old Samoan boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito.  The coach reportedly passed away on Friday morning in the Olympic Village

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France crowned men’s rugby sevens Olympic champions in Paris

At the end of three scintillating days of Olympic men’s rugby sevens action, played out in front of captivated, capacity crowds of 69,000 at the iconic Stade de France, it was hosts France who took Paris 2024 gold

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Record women’s rugby attendance shattered as stars of sevens shine at Olympics

It was the women’s turn to shine on Sunday as the Olympics Games Paris 2024 women’s rugby sevens competition got off to a flying start at Stade de France, in front of a record crowd of 66,000 for a women’s rugby

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Record crowd as rugby sevens gets Olympic Games Paris 2024 off to a flying start

Rugby sevens ignited the Olympic Games Paris 2024 with a spectacular first day of action in front of the largest single day crowd in rugby sevens history with 69,000 fans packed into Stade de France and millions more

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Olympic Games Paris 2024: Defending champions Fiji lay down early marker

Reigning Olympic champions Fiji reminded everyone exactly why they have two golds to their name on the opening day of the men’s rugby sevens competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, beating Uruguay and USA to book

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Rugby Sevens set to kick-off Olympic Games Paris 2024 in style

Captains from the 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams gathered at the Olympic Village on Monday ahead of what promises to be the most hotly-contested and highly-anticipated rugby sevens event in history. Following rugby

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Beu progressing well in build-up to Paris Olympics

Athletics Papua New Guinea president Tony Green has hailed the code’s Olympic Games representative Leonie Beu for her performance over the weekend at the American Track League. Beu competed at the meet in Tennessee,

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Six athletes will represent PNG at the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Papua New Guinea Olympics Committee has announced six athletes representing the country at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France starting 26 July -11 August 2024. The athletes including Josh Tarere, and Georgia

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First Vanuatu female weightlifter to compete in Olympic Games

21-year-old Ajah Pritchard Lolo will be Vanuatu’s first female weightlifting athlete to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this month.  Last month was a momentous one for Vanuatu as the nation celebrated World

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