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Pita Taufatofua, the flag bearer for Tonga at the Rio 2016 opening ceremony, was relatively unknown before Friday night's festivities

No longer

Twitter is agog with the slicked, shirtless, heavyweight taekwondo competitor

The humour is two parts admiration, one-half part jealousy

Another half part is desire

Desire to visit Tonga

  After #OpeningCeremony and the Portuguese #CerimoniaDeAbertura, the highest trending term on Twitter was #Tonga with more than 45 million global mentions

And that was even before NBC aired the broadcast in the U

S

  Yes, 206 other delegations

 But who's counting

Tyra Banks knows talent when she sees it

    This Colombian tweet lets us in on the no-longer-secret location of Tonga

  Taufatofua, six-foot-three, competes in the men's 80kg class and lists the iconic Bruce Lee as an inspiration

He begins competition 20 August at Carioca Arena 3

  Scene-by-scene: understand the opening ceremony