{"id":9554,"date":"2023-05-22T07:52:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T07:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/world-rugby-sevens-series-australia-qualify-for-olympics-as-gb-finish-eighth\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T07:52:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T07:52:35","slug":"world-rugby-sevens-series-australia-qualify-for-olympics-as-gb-finish-eighth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/world-rugby-sevens-series-australia-qualify-for-olympics-as-gb-finish-eighth\/","title":{"rendered":"World Rugby Sevens Series: Australia qualify for Olympics as GB finish eighth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Australia join New Zealand, Fiji, Argentina and hosts France as the teams who have already qualified for Paris 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1\"><span data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1.0\">Australia qualified for the 2024 Olympics as Great Britain finished eighth at London&#8217;s men&#8217;s World Rugby Sevens Series event.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\"><span data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0.0\">A 34-5 win over GB in the seventh-place play-off ensured Australia finished higher than Samoa in the series standings to qualify for Paris 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">New Zealand, who secured the series in Toulouse last week, lifted the series trophy at Twickenham on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">Kenya were relegated from the series when they lost 12-7 to Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">Argentina claimed their third win of the series with a 35-14 victory over Fiji in the final of the London Sevens event &#8211; the 11th and final tournament of the series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">New Zealand finished fourth, having won the previous three tournaments, as they fell to Samoa in the bronze-medal match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">GB won their games against South Africa and the United States, but lost against the All Blacks to finish second in Pool A on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".17o1z6viuzc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">In Sunday&#8217;s quarter-finals, GB suffered a 12-5 defeat by Samoa, before losing the fifth-place semi-final against Ireland and the seventh-place play-off to Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/65665651?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia join New Zealand, Fiji, Argentina and hosts France as the teams who have already qualified for Paris 2024 Australia qualified for the 2024 Olympics as Great Britain finished eighth at London&#8217;s men&#8217;s World Rugby Sevens Series event. 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