You've heard of Jamaican bobsledders, now here's Tonga's Winter Olympics team

By Peter Munro
Updated July 27 2015 - 12:18am, first published July 26 2015 - 12:15am
Tongan Winter Olympian Bruno Banani, 27, training to compete in the luge. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Tongan Winter Olympian Bruno Banani, 27, training to compete in the luge. Photo: Edwina Pickles

It's mid-winter in Tonga, where the temperature has plummeted to a balmy 22 degrees. But Bruno Banani is not bothered as he trains in a T-shirt and shorts in his chosen sport, in a nation mad on playing rugby and little else.

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