Taufatofua, 34, had everyone wondering in 2016 about the glistening star carrying the Tongan flag when he came out bare-chested, covered in coconut oil, and wearing a Tongan ta'ovala (decorated ...

At the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Tonga’s Pita Taufatofua blew up the internet after marching in the Opening Ceremony in his traditional ta’ovala, and nothing but. With weather reports in ...

In the 2016 Games, Taufatofua wore a tapa cloth, symbolic Tongan clothing worn at formal events. In 2020, he wore ta’ovala, which is a handmade, traditional Tongan costume also worn for formal ...

Tonga is an afterthought at the Games, with just one ... moment of the Parade of Nations on Friday when its flag-bearer came out bare-chested and dressed in nothing but a ta’ovala (Tongan mat) ...

Instead of wearing Tonga’s official outfit for the parade of nations, he stripped off his shirt, oiled his chest and wore a ta’ovala — a traditional Tongan waist wrap — and marched in ...

Taufatofua became a shining star when he walked the opening ceremony bare-chested, covered in coconut oil and wearing a Tongan ta'ovala (decorated cloth) and ornamental waist girdle. IE 11 is not ...

An Olympic athlete from Tonga, who went viral for carrying his flag shirtless and slathered in coconut oil while wearing a traditional Tongan ta’ovala at the 2016 Rio and the 2021 Tokyo Olympics ...

Taufatofua is the first Tongan to ever make it into the taekwondo tournament at the Olympics. Though he wears a ta’ovala and competes for Tonga, he lives in Brisbane where he works with homeless ...

Taufatofua became internationally famous after appearing in a traditional Tongan ta'ovala wrapped around his waist with his chest bared and oiled as Tonga's flagbearer in the 2016 Summer ...

Taekwondo athlete Pita Nikolas Taufatofua showed off just how in shape he is wearing Tonga's traditional ta'ovala. PHOTOS: Tongan flag bearer steals show at Opening Ceremony - NBC Sports Skip ...

At the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Tonga’s Pita Taufatofua blew up the internet after marching in the Opening Ceremony in his traditional ta’ovala, and nothing but. With weather reports in ...

At the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Tonga’s Pita Taufatofua blew up the internet after marching in the Opening Ceremony in his traditional ta’ovala, and nothing but. With weather reports in ...