'Shirtless Tongan' Pita Taufatofua makes Olympic history.
Pita Taufatofua of Tonga stands on stage during the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 25, 2018.While he may be best known for his appearances during Olympic opening ceremonies, Tonga's Pita Taufatofua now has another claim to fame.becomes the first person to compete in three straight Olympic Games since the introduction of the Winter Olympics in 1924.
Taufatofua also competed in taekwondo in the 2016 Rio Games, losing to Iran's Sajjad Mardani in the first round. In 2018 at Pyeongchang, he became Tonga's first-ever Winter Olympics athlete when he participated in cross-country skiing. For his 2020 taekwondo tournament draw, he meets Russian world champion Vladislav Larin in the first round.
With appearances in three different Olympic Games in a five-year span, Taufatofua enters the hall of Olympic record-setters - no shirt required.Maybe at some stage I will share more of the real struggle it took to get here, but for now its all about one of the greatest celebrations of Sport and Humanity - THE OLYMPIC GAMES!
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