Tonga's Shirtless Flag Bearer Wasn't At The Opening Ceremony, But American Samoa's Was
Lee Moran
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Tonga's Shirtless Flag Bearer Wasn't At The Opening Ceremony, But American Samoa's Was
Meet the successor to Pita Taufatofua.
The metaphorical baton of Tongan athlete Taufatofua’s shirtless and oiled-up appearances as flag bearer during Olympic opening ceremonies was passed to American Samoa’s Nathan Crumpton on Friday.
With Taufatofu not competing in China, the attention instead turned to Crumpton, a Kenyan-born, Princeton-graduate skeleton racer, as he strolled into Beijing’s National Stadium to mark the official start of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Nathan Crumpton carries the flag for American Samoa into Beijng's National Stadium during Friday's opening ceremony. (Photo: picture alliance via Getty Images)
Twitter users, perhaps predictably, enjoyed his appearance:
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
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