JUST WHAT HAPPENED? As below par Kenya 7s Rugby team exit Olympics

Kenya's players applaud after the men’s rugby sevens match between Kenya and Japan during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Deodoro Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ

When Kenya Sevens Rugby team left for the Rio 2016 Olympic, their target was either to win a gold medal or finish in the medal bracket.

And having won the Singapore Sevens title in the 2016/16 HSBC World Series, many Kenyans expected the national team to replicate that performance in Brazil and save the country’s blushes in the rugby competition.