Six Tongan athletes will take part at the Tokyo Olympics, starting with the opening ceremony, at 8:00pm Japan time, which will be shown on local TV in Tonga on 23 July (midnight Tongan time).
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Results for Tokyo Olympics 2020
Thursday 22 July 2021
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Noelani Day, who has spent most of her life swimming in the Pacific Ocean, is Tonga’s first homegrown swimmer representing the kingdom at her first Olympic Games in Tokyo. By Eleanor Gee.
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Friday 21 August 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga celebrated Olympic Day today with the Tonga National Taekwondo team performing a demonstration at the Basilica of St Anthony and Padua in Nuku’alofa.
Thursday 26 March 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The postponing of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will give Tongan athlete Pita Taufatofua time to improve in his new sport of sprint kayaking and another chance of Olympic qualification in the sport.
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Wednesday 25 March 2020
Tokyo, Japan
The Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 has been postponed to next year while the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates globally. Meanwhile, Tongan athlete Pita Taufatofua is delivering live workouts from home, streamed on the Olympic Channel.
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Tuesday 30 April 2019
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s famous bare-chested flagbearer, Pita Taufatofua has revealed kayaking as the third sport he will aim to qualify in for the next Olympics, to be held in Tokyo in 2020.
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