#FijiOlympics

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Always so proud to see our traditional attire on the world stage ✊🏾✊🏾🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯

From Fiji Village / It was a historic night for 21-year-old Team Fiji swimmer Taichi Vakasama and 33-year-old Fijiana 7s team captain Rusila Nagasau who were Team Fiji’s flagbearers in the Olympic Games opening ceremony.

Vakasama replaced two time Olympian Jerry Tuwai who was initially announced as one of the flag bearers.

Vakasama and Nagasau are both Pacific Games gold medalists.

The two were dressed in a traditional iTaukei attire made from “Kuta” as they led out a small Team Fiji contingent that all wore a bright Fiji blue march out attire.

It included Chef De Mission Patrick Bower, Fiji Men's 7s coach Gareth Baber, another one of our swimmers Cheyenne Rova, Sophia Morgan from sailing and other officials.

Members of the 7s teams did not take part in the opening ceremony but they still got into the spirit of things and changed into their march out attire and interacted with other athletes.