Thousands of people have Swipe (2017)lined the streets of Fiji's capital Suva to welcome home the island nation's gold medal-winning rugby 7s team.
SEE ALSO: Team Fiji had the most powerful reaction to their first gold medal winIn honour of the victory, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama not only declared a national holiday, he extended it so the celebrations could continue.
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The rugby 7s team captain, Osea Kolinisau told journalists that the reception was humbling and overwhelming, saying "we knew it was going to be crazy but not this crazy."
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Our gold medal Olympians!!!!#FijiCelebrates pic.twitter.com/Jq2wbPuj0O
— Fiji Sun (@sun_fiji) August 21, 2016
📷Absolute scenes in Fiji! #Gold medalists return #Rugby7s 📷: @chriscracknell pic.twitter.com/FYICkaWSJm
— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) August 21, 2016
Fiji 7's Heroes #TauvuPeniRaiani 😂
— memzFiji_23 (@memzFiji_23) August 22, 2016
UROLEVU kece to all the Tauvus esp 😂#Madlove #SauVitiSau 🌴 pic.twitter.com/MkA8Dy7NBK
Fans at the ANZ stadium are ready to welcome the boys #CelebratingGold #FijiStyle pic.twitter.com/5hIMsdp5fx
— The Fiji Times (@fijitimes) August 21, 2016
Our stadium, our streets and our country are blue @benjaminryan @FijiPM @TourismFiji @MonishNand @MohammedSaneem pic.twitter.com/ht3ay4ahTh
— So Fiji (@So_Fiji) August 21, 2016
And a bit of rain wasn't about to stop anyone from lighting flares, waving flags and singing songs.
Meanwhile outside the stadium🎉🎉 #tosoviti #tosoraiwaqa 🇫🇯🇫🇯 pic.twitter.com/ovmhKyuZ6Z
— taleifiji (@TaleiFiji) August 22, 2016
The Fiji rugby 7s coach Ben Ryan said it best with a tweet: "It's just amazing!!"
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