Here’s what to look for.
He congratulated his teammate and fellow flag bearer.
“A special congratulations to our Flag Bearer, Malia Paseka,” Taufatofua tweeted.
So proud to walk along side our first ever female taekwondo Olympian!"
A special congratulations to our Flag Bearer, Malia Paseka.
She did an amazing job leading the way for more participation of females and youth in sport in Tonga.
“Clearly the best pair of flag bearers in the Parade of Nations,” wrote one Twitter user.
“You both are amazing!”
Wrote another, “BREAKING TONGA HAS WON THE OLYMPICS.
We can all go home now.”
Well done, sir.
You both are amazing!
BREAKING TONGA HAS WON THE OLYMPICS.
‘He’s the Usain Bolt of flagbearers.
Rower Riilio Rii from Vanuatu also pulled off the shirtless and glossy look.
“Pita, we see you and we raise you,” the official Olympics Twitter account wrote.
Now I know my ABCs?
The countries usually file into the stadium in alphabetical order.
But when you watch this year, you may wonder if you even know the alphabet.
That’s because it’s inthe order used in Japan.
There are also some other variations.
The USA marches in near the end, followed by France and then Japan, the host country.
(If you want to follow along,Wikipedia has the order.)
Many who were expecting the teams to march in ABC order were thrown.
“This order is bonkers,” wrote one Twitter user.
“I clearly need to revisit the alphabet.”
This order is bonkers.
Could not work out why Iceland and Ireland came out before the Countries beginning with A!
A B C D E F …. USA.
We’re obsessed with these human pictograms!
Said another, “Give the pictogram team a GOLD.”
#Tokyo2020#OlympicGames#pictogramspic.twitter.com/qIDyeqVPQS
Ok, this is cool!
So japan…hehepic.twitter.com/uMReJpviLz
The Pictogram section of the#Tokyo2020#Olympics#OpeningCeremonywas easily my favourite moment!
Absolutely genius and instantly iconic!
The Olympics run through Aug. 8.
