Tonga’s oiled-up Olympic flagbearer is back: shirtless, shiny and show-stopping

Tonga’s well-oiled sports machine was back on the Olympics stage at Friday’s opening ceremony — and viewers are loving it. Pita Taufatofua is the taekwondo practitioner, skier and canoeist who set the internet ablaze in 2016, when he entered Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro proudly carrying his country’s flag at the opening ceremony of those Summer Games.