Pita Taufatofua

Pita Taufatofua, the shirtless Tongan flag bearer who won the hearts of viewers around the world during the past three Olympics, has announced that he won’t be participating in the 2022 Beijing Games, which begin this week.

Pita Taufatofua won’t be participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics, as he shared in a message to his fans on Instagram

Pita Taufatofua, known as the “Shirtless Tongan” carrying Tonga’s flag at the Olympics, has established a GoFundMe page to help rebuild areas devastated by a tsunami following a volcanic eruption.

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Pita Taufatofua made a splash in Rio in 2016 when he entered the Olympics Opening Ceremony shirtless and covered in oil. Well, he’s back in Tokyo. The Tongan taekwondo practitioner, skier and canoeist marched once again in this year’s Opening Ceremony on Friday as his island nation’s flag-bearer, causing an Internet splash. Before the ceremony, he’d dropped hints that...

Pita Taufatofua, Tonga’s famous shirtless Olympic flag bearer, shares three things you should know about his home country.

Pita Taufatofua, best known for his shirtless stints as Tonga’s Olympic flag bearer, shares three things you should know before taking your shirt off.