THERE ARE MANY WONDERFUL MOMENTS COMING OUT OF
THE OLYMPICS, BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS
CAME OUT ñ CAME FROM A WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPION NAMED
DAVID KATOATAU.
ñ VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
I WANT YOU GUYS TO SEE THE CRAZY MOVE.
THERE IS A POINT TO IT, WILL BRING SO MUCH JOY TO OUR
LIFE AFTER HE DOES THE CELEBRATORY MANEUVER AFTER
HE LIFTED THE WEIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK.
I LOVE HIM, I LOVE HIM.
SOME OF YOU WHO ARE HUGE POLICY WAGS, LEAVING ñ
SITTING BACK IN YOUR CHAIR'S THINKING, THAT WAS FUN, BUT
I DON'T WANT FUN, I WANT POLITICAL NEWS.
WELL THERE'S ACTUALLY A POLITICAL REASON FOR WHY HE
DANCES AFTER HE COMPETES.
HE WANTS TO BRING ATTENTION TO HIMSELF AND THE COUNTRY COMES
FROM AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WHERE HE COMES FROM
BEING NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
HERE'S WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
"MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE KIRIBATI IS.
I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT US SO I USE WEIGHTLIFTING IN MY
DANCING TO SHOW THE WORLD AN OPEN LETTER TO THE WORLD
LAST YEAR TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT ALL THE HOMES LOST TO
RISING SEA LEVELS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IT WILL BE BEFORE IT SINKS."
HE BELIEVES THAT KIRIBATI WILL BE WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE
EARTH IN 30 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE RISING SEA LEVELS.
THIS IS THE WORLD.
SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD ARE MORE IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
THAN OTHERS, AND UNFORTUNATELY HE COMES FROM A PLACE THAT
IS TO BUY IT YOU WATCH THAT, AND HE'S JOYFUL AND YOU THINK,
WHAT A POSITIVE GUY, BUT HE'S REALLY DOING IT TO RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT A SERIOUS ISSUE.
WHERE THERE IS COUNTER AT THE END OF THE STORY.
HE APPARENTLY DOES THIS ALL THE TIME, HE'S 32 YEARS OLD.
HE WON THE GOLD IN THE 2013, AND THEN AFTERWARDS DID HIS DANCE.
IN THE BEGINNING I WAS NOT SURPRISED, BECAUSE HE IS FROM
THE ISLANDS, AND IT REMINDED ME OF THINGS I'VE SEEN IN HAWAII.
I THOUGHT, OKAY, HE'S JUST DOING HIS NATIVE DANCE, WHICH IS
LOGICAL, AND GOD BLESS HIS HEART AND ALL THAT ñ
BUT NO, IT TURNS OUT IT'S BETTER THAN HAS A POINT.
HE'S LIKE, I WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT
YOU TO FOCUS ON OUR DIRE PROBLEMS.
THERE IS SOME THEORIZING THAT THE ENTIRE NATION MIGHT THE
EARTH IN 30 YEARS.
THAT'S AMAZING.
SO FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO THINK CLIMATE CHANGE MIGHT HAPPEN AT A
LATER DATE, NO NO, YOU'RE MISSING IT, IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW IN SOME NATIONS ñ AND SOME NATIONS ARE ENGRAVED IN THOUGHT
AND HE'S NOT DOING IT IN A SOMBER WAY OR A PREACHY WAY,
HE'S DOING IT IN THE BEST WAY TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING POSITIVE
THAT HAPPENED, BUT MEANWHILE CAN I GET YOU TO FOCUS ON THE FACT
THAT OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY MIGHT BE WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH?
RAISING AWARENESS REQUIRES A VERY DELICATE DANCE --
IN THIS CASE, LITERALLY.
YOU CAN TRY THAT COULD DIMINISH FROM THE ISSUE.
WE'VE TRIED THINGS LIKE, I LOVE BOOBIES, RELATED TO THE PRESS
ñ RELATED TO THE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON THE SHOW BEFORE, AND I THINK
WHEN YOU FOCUS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH ON THAT COMPONENT OF
THE CAMPAIGNS, IT TAKES AWAY AND IT ALSO MAKES PEOPLE DOUBLE
OR EVEN A SINGLE VASECTOMY FEEL REALLY TERRIBLE ABOUT
THEMSELVES, SO I DON'T LIKE THAT.
BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS, FIRST OF ALL, I'VE GOT TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU, I WOULD NEVER CARE ABOUT WEIGHTLIFTING
COMPETITION, FOR THIS KIND OF RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO, I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ANYTHING ABOUT HIM UNLESS
HE DID THIS DANCE, AND DOING THAT DANCE MAYBE WANT TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM.
WHAT FUELS HIM?
WHO IS THIS GUY?
AND THEN I LEARNED THAT HE COMES FROM THIS PLACE THAT IS
SEVERELY IMPACTED, AND IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF URGENCY TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.