Tonga’s topless, flag-bearing social media star of Rio swaps taekwondo for skiing as Pita Taufatofua makes Winter Olympics

PITA TAUFATOFUA was the oiled-up icon of the Rio Olympics - and now the topless Tongan will ship a fair higher shock on the Winter Video games in North Korea. The taekwondo exponent, 34, sprung to social media fame in 2016 as his nation"s naked-chested flag-bearer, his smile beaming and his physique glistening with coconut oil. Instagram Pita Taufatofua had solely seen snow as soon as earlier than he made his profitable bid to qualify for the Winter Video games for Tonga in cross-nation skiing Now, regardless of by no means having owned skis and seeing snow solely as soon as earlier than final yr, he"ll compete for balmy Pacific island Tonga in Pyeongchang at cross-nation skiing. Taufatofua is already an important member of the Tongan skiing workforce. Arguably, although, the primary purpose for that is that he"s the Tongan skiing group. He informed the BBC: "After Rio I made a decision to seek out the toughest sport potential as a result of I wanted a brand new problem.
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