The men’s gold and women’s bronze medals meant everything to Fiji, which has the highest per-capita Covid infection rate in the world
These problems, including threats of unrest in a country that experienced four coups between 1987 and 2006, were forgotten as the Games’ final approached.Like the rest of the population, who were glued to their TV sets, I watched the kick-off over a bowl of kava with my family.
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