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Six athletes off to Special Olympics

July 21, 2015 4:28 am

Six athletes form Fiji will represent the country at the Special Olympics in Los Angeles which starts this weekend.

One of them who will take part in the 100m and Javelin, Sikeli Nakuivalu says he is raring to board the plane and is hoping for a podium finish at the games.

“I feel good. I am excited to go to LA as this is my first time and I will get a medal there.”

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6,500 athletes from 165 countries will compete in 27 sports at the Games.