Vermont rugby coach celebrates Fiji's gold medal win
A Middlebury rugby coach is celebrating a victory as his native country, Fiji, takes home its first Olympic medal, a gold for men's rugby sevens.
Vermont rugby coach celebrates Fiji's gold medal win
A Middlebury rugby coach is celebrating a victory as his native country, Fiji, takes home its first Olympic medal, a gold for men's rugby sevens.
WEBVTT AND THE ENTIREPOPULATION OF FIJI--- WILLNEVER FORGETI was speechlessfor a while FIJI'S RUGBYSEVENS TEAM TOOK HOME THE GOLD THURSDAY.IT WAS THEPACIFIC ISLANDNATION'S FIRSTOLYMPIC MEDAL.It was awesome to have my kids with me enjoying the very moment of it IT'S SAFE TO SAYTHAT FIJI-BORNAH-VISA TUIGARY WAS A LITTLEHAP PYHIS SON- we had a bunch of otherfriends over and my friends dad he wasputting chlorine in their pool and he heard us allscreaming from ourhouse RUGBY HAPPENS TO BE THE MOSTPOPULAR SPORT IN FIJI,driving along you see a little emptyspace, a blade of grass people will bethrowing a ball aroudn, a milkbottleTHE MIDDLEBURYCOLLEGE MENSRUGBY COACH HAS BEENPLAYING SINCE HE COULD WALK.HIS SON SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN TO IT AS WELL.they have community teams and village teams and that's what brings them together. THE SPORT HASN'TAPPEARED IN THE OLYMPICS SINCE1924. BUT TUIGARY HOPES IT'S INCLUSION IN THE GAMES HAS A LASTING IMPACT ON RUGBY PARTICIPATION INVERMONT.rugby at theolympics, the winning is going to be rugby becauseit's going to get people off thecouch and hopefully they'll come out aplay rugbyIN CHARLOTTEABBY ISAACS NBC 5 NEWS
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Vermont rugby coach celebrates Fiji's gold medal win
A Middlebury rugby coach is celebrating a victory as his native country, Fiji, takes home its first Olympic medal, a gold for men's rugby sevens.
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