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Become acquainted with Pita Taufatofua: 5 Facts About Team Tonga's Flagbearer And Taekwondo Star

For the Tokyo Olympics this mid year, For The Win is assisting you with getting know a portion of the star Olympians contending on the world's greatest stage. Paving the way to the Opening Ceremony, we're featuring 23 competitors in 23 days. Up next up is Pita Taufatofua.  온라인카지노

He was a star of the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was back for the 2018 Games as a colder time of year competitor. 

Furthermore, presently, Pita Taufatofua is back, indeed, this time for the Tokyo Olympics. 

The Tongan competitor qualified in taekwondo for his third successive Olympics, so we'll check whether we get a third consecutive glance at Taufatofua conveying the banner for his country. 

Before that occurs, here are some pleasant realities. 

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In 2016, he qualified as a Taekwondo competitor and conveyed the banner for his local Tonga. 

(AP Photo/Matt Slocum) 

He was back for 2018, fitting the bill for crosscountry skiing: 

(AP Photo/Petr David Josek) 

What's more, in 2020, he won an Olympic qualifier for taekwondo once more. 

He completed toward the end in his kayaking debut in 2019. Then, at that point, last year, wounds prompted a mishap, and as he posted on Instagram last month, "lamentably due generally to travel limitations I couldn't venture out to the Kayak qualifier in Siberia Russia." 

However, he previously qualified in taekwondo. 

That was his objective! What's more, he did it! Despite the fact that he completed 114th in the men's 15KM free, that wasn't last. 

He denounced any kind of authority, outrageously ignoring authorities who said "if it's not too much trouble, simply wear the suit", stowed away a ta'ovala (Tongan mat which is folded over the abdomen) in his backback, nipped out the back and put it on not long before the show began, shrouded himself in oil, and when he had passed the large number of individuals covering the roads en route to the arena he was circulating around the web. … 

Taufatofua says he was simply attempting to address his country by wearing its conventional outfit. "I was addressing 1,000 years of history. We didn't have formal outfits when we navigated the Pacific Ocean." 

The writing is on the wall. 

However, he may in any case move so numerous once more as he did in 2016 and 2018. Furthermore, hopefully he's the flagbearer for a third consecutive time.