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Fiji goes back to bare basics in training

By Agence France Presse | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-03 07:39

Fiji has never won Olympic gold, but that could change in Rio with a rugby sevens team that trains on sand dunes and in coral lagoons.

Fiji's old-school training also includes breathalyzers and bans on mobile phones, while its players will spend as little time as possible at Rio's distraction-laden athletes village.

The ragtag squad includes prison wardens, police officers, members of the military and some unemployed who live in Fiji's traditional villages.

Fiji goes back to bare basics in training

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