The International Olympic Committee has decided that it will provide an Olympic Gold medal to the Fiji 7s team’s 13th member.
Head coach Ben Ryan has confirmed that Savenaca Rawaca will receive a gold medal soon.
Rawaca was in the initial 12 member squad but was dropped from the team after suffering a hand injury against New Zealand in the quarterfinal.
“Hopefully Save is gonna get awarded a medal. The IOC have allowed us to do that so we will do that. We’ve got Semi and Leone and Ropate, Jeremy and Chris, I hope are also recognized for what they’ve done and that will be before I leave.”
“There’s a lot of things I have to do in the meantime and I’d rather try to postpone that so I can finish here with everything done.”
Meanwhile, Rawaca is set to join England based Saracens later in the year.