Thread: Shirtless Tonga flag bearer steals show at Olympic Opening Ceremony

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Well hellooooo, Tonga #OpeningCeremony #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/tewSdyQcNC
— Kris Read (@DesignedToFade) August 6, 2016

As the Parade of Nations at the Olympic Opening Ceremony was droning on Friday night, coming close to an end … BOOM:


That’s Tonga flag bearer Pita Taufatofua. He is shirtless. He is all oiled up. And he did his best to break*Twitter:

Well hellooooo, Tonga #OpeningCeremony #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/tewSdyQcNC
— Kris Read (@DesignedToFade) August 6, 2016

The sound you hear is your wife running away to the Tongan flag bearer.
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) August 6, 2016

Tongan flag bearer #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/OWlHmtXkwU
— Emily O'Mahoney (@oh_ma_honey) August 6, 2016

Let's hope the #OlympicFlame doesn't come close to Tonga's flag bearer #oil #firehazard #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/nKDHHvT788
— SPIKES (@spikesmag) August 6, 2016

The sound you hear is your wife running away to the Tongan flag bearer.
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) August 6, 2016

Info on the Tongan flag bearer. Of course he's a model. pic.twitter.com/CPlUDXitkQ
— Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) August 6, 2016

The sound you hear is your wife running away to the Tongan flag bearer.
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) August 6, 2016

Tongan flag bearer #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/OWlHmtXkwU
— Emily O'Mahoney (@oh_ma_honey) August 6, 2016

Tongan flag bearer #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/OWlHmtXkwU

Tonga or Magic Mike 3, you decide. pic.twitter.com/4qVDBAVSB5
— Mark (@MarkMizzouSteel) August 6, 2016

— Emily O'Mahoney (@oh_ma_honey) August 6, 2016

OMG THE TONGA FLAG BEARER!!! pic.twitter.com/nxaR9bUkR1
— bluekd (@bluekd07) August 6, 2016

Tonga or Magic Mike 3, you decide. pic.twitter.com/4qVDBAVSB5

Info on the Tongan flag bearer. Of course he's a model. pic.twitter.com/CPlUDXitkQ
— Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) August 6, 2016

— Mark (@MarkMizzouSteel) August 6, 2016

OMG THE TONGA FLAG BEARER!!! pic.twitter.com/nxaR9bUkR1
— bluekd (@bluekd07) August 6, 2016

Taufatofua will compete in taekwondo in Rio. But his more important credentials came earlier in life:

Info on the Tongan flag bearer. Of course he's a model. pic.twitter.com/CPlUDXitkQ
— Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) August 6, 2016

And he’s not just any old model. He’s an Uggs model:

It almost that time of the year again… Cold! ……………………………………………. #winter #johnsnow #male #modelling for #ugg #uggboots #australia #brisbane need to work on my #zoolander #training #fashion #models #lunarmodules #newyork #paris is nice but nothing beats #tonga #tongan #taekwondo #athlete #man of #coconut

A photo posted by Pita Taufatofua (@pita_tofua) on May 12, 2015 at 12:24am PDT

Still waiting on a response from J.R. Smith. But in the meantime, we can see more from Shirtless Tonga Flag Bearer at his Instagram page:

Trying to stay in shape through winter… It's much colder this year than normal making getting to the gym just that little bit harder ! #stayinginshape #gym #training #fitness really enjoying #yoga #flexibility and #cycling sometimes you need to do things differently to give the body a chance to heal from all the #Taekwondo #kickboxing injuries. #pushups and #pullups are #calisthenic #exercises of choice. #shutupandlift !

A photo posted by Pita Taufatofua (@pita_tofua) on Jul 18, 2015 at 4:07pm PDT

If NBC doesn’t put taekwondo in primetime after this, it is making a big mistake.
Check out more photos from the Parade of Nations: