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Hayne retires from NFL to join Fiji for Olympics

Australian running back Jarryd Hayne is retiring from the NFL after one season, choosing instead to compete with the Fiji Rugby Sevens in this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

"I am retiring from the NFL because the Fiji Rugby Sevens team reached out to me about the opportunity to join the team for the upcoming Olympics, and I simply could not pass that chance up," Hayne said in a statement. "The Olympics has been something I have admired since I was a little boy, and it is an opportunity I feel very similar to me joining the NFL.