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Shirtless Tonga flag bearer steals show at Olympic Opening Ceremony

Fourth-Place Medal

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:

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

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: