The Tongan was shirtless. Again. Pita Taufatofua, one of the flag bearers from Tonga, walks with his country at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021, at Olympic Stadium.

When Pita Taufatofua began the walk towards the stadium at the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony, he was an unknown, unrated athlete from an obscure Pacific island. He would walk back out a ...