Pita Taufatofua, the Tongan whose shirtless entry to the Rio Olympic opening ceremony brought him worldwide fame, did it again in Pyeongchang, oiling himself up to make a spectacular subzero entrance to the Winter Games.

And the Tongan cross-country skier now says there may be a third act, two years down the line in Tokyo.

"I haven't been to Tokyo, I've always wanted to go," said Taufatofua, one of the most talked-about athletes at the games in South Korea, right up there with global stars Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White and Yuzuru Hanyu, though not exactly for the same reasons.

The new darling of the Olympic Games is already looking like he would be a big hit in Tokyo, should he get there, with his media-friendly persona and chiseled physique.

"I've mentioned it before that I would possibly be looking at a third sport to add to the repertoire, for personal development as well. It will be something along the lines of water, can't say specifically just yet."

"One of the challenges with snow sports is that I have to travel to Europe in the winter months. So in the summer months, I want to be a little bit closer to where I live. I'm always around water."

Taufatofua, who took up taekwondo to qualify for the 2016 Rio Games, said for 2020 he wants to ensure he qualifies earlier than he did for the 15-kilometer freestyle race in Pyeongchang.

"I would like to find something where I qualify a lot earlier than two weeks before the Olympics," Taufatofua said. "That gave us all a lot of challenges. We had a lot to do in a very short time. So I'd like it to happen quicker. But I guess if you're taking up a whole new sport, then how quickly can you make it happen?"

"One of the biggest problems is, I'm from Tonga and the two men next to me are from Germany," he said, referring to team manager Steve Grundmann and coach Thomas Jacob.

"So we got two guys who are good at concrete plans and one guy who just sort of looks around and says, 'Let's go there, let's do this.' We've been trying to find that middle ground where we can we figure out something."

"The thing about concrete plans as well is that life has its own plans for you. You could make the perfect plan and life will say, 'No, I'm going to throw this curveball at you, I'm going to change it and see how you adapt.'"

Taufatofua's Winter Olympic experience came to an end Friday when he finished 114th out of the 116 who completed the 15-km race.

He waited for last-place finisher German Madrazo to cross the line with the other stragglers and carried the Mexican around the arena in one of those uplifting moments seen at the Olympics.

Before the race, Taufatofua said his goal was to finish before the lights went out and without crashing into a tree. Asked if he thought he could have entered a different race like the 50-km mass start, Taufatofua gave a hearty laugh.

"It would be a great race. I would probably finish by the next Saturday," he said. "50 km, I get tired just driving that in my car. I'm not a distance athlete, 10 and 15 km is the real limit."

"I would still be at the next Olympics trying to finish it."

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