a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/StOUEqPwbGI/AAAAAAAADdk/S0gNZZT4-TI/s1600-h/sevens-rugby-olympics-2016-.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/StOUEqPwbGI/AAAAAAAADdk/S0gNZZT4-TI/s400/sevens-rugby-olympics-2016-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391815986673380450" border="0" //aspan style="font-weight: bold;"After many years of campaigning, it was announced on Friday that Rugby has finally been accepted into the Olympic Games, for the first time since 1924. /spanspan style="font-weight: bold;"Following a 20 minute International Rugby Board presentation in Copenhagen, it was announced that Rugby Sevens received an overwhelming 81-8 votes./spanbr /br /IRB secretary general Mike Miller and President Bernard Lapasset argued that the inclusion of sevens in the Olympics would help broaden the spread of countries that could win medals, grow the sport in new territories, and would appeal to sponsors and fans.br /br /Lapasset was helped out in the final push by former captain of Argentina Agustin Pichot, Women