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Posted: 2018-02-09T12:51:59Z | Updated: 2018-02-09T13:24:18Z Shirtless Tonga Olympian Pita Taufatofua Wins Olympic Opening Ceremony Again | HuffPost

Shirtless Tonga Olympian Pita Taufatofua Wins Olympic Opening Ceremony Again

The Winter Games warmed up real quick!
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The man knows how to make an entrance.

Pita Taufatofua, whose oiled torso wowed the world at the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics, returned to the Olympic stage in the same fashion at Friday’s opening ceremony for the Winter Games.

It was below freezing in Pyeongchang, South Korea, as Taufatofua strutted through the stadium like it was, well, a day at the beach.

Taufatofua made these Games as a cross-country skier by qualifying in mostly dry-land roller events. He’s not a contender just as he wasn’t when he lost in the first round in taekwondo in Rio  but, man, he just struck gold in the kick-off event again.

The dude was resplendent. Twitter loved him, too.

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