Pita Taufatofua said he wants to do more than just make the team this time.
Pita Taufatofua carries the flag of Tonga during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. By Jacob Bogage Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow April 29 at 3:49 PM Surely, Pita Taufatofua’s gleaming chest has not yet escaped your mind’s eye. He is the Olympian from Tonga who carried the island nation’s flag at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro and 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Now Taufatofua, 35, has set his sights on a third straight Olympics, the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, to try a third sport. In 2016, he competed in taekwondo. In 2018, he became Tonga’s first Olympic skier. Now, he’s training to race as a canoe sprinter. The sport includes five disciplines for men: one-man canoe, one-man kayak, two-man canoe, two-man kayak and four-man kayak. Taufatofua is aiming for the one-man 200-meter kayak race.
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