In a sport that was primarily already determined, an enormous roar went up from the group when Japan’s Taiga Ishida scored a strive towards New Zealand within the waning seconds of their match.
It was one of many few shiny spots for Team Japan in a 40-12 loss towards New Zealand in its first sport on the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
The males’s rugby sevens occasion started two days earlier than the opening ceremony with 12 matches at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France.