South Africa: Blitzboks Ready for Dubai, but All Eyes On Tokyo 2020

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The Blitzboks are straining to get back on the field as the biggest season in every four-year cycle in Sevens rugby comes into focus with the first leg of the World Series starting in Dubai on Friday.

The World Sevens Series, though, is not the main prize in 2020. The target all the best teams are eying is winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Summer Olympics next August. It will be the second staging of Sevens at the Olympics following its successful inaugural competition in Rio in 2016.

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