Dull_Juice [he/him]

Watched it earlier today, and loved every second of it. Especially after learning he beat his former teammate, who was a defector.

That’s pretty wild, definitely a very random combination.

Reminds me of how apparently Flavor Flav sponsored the US Women’s Water Polo team because he heard they we had minimal funding and were working multiple jobs plus trying to keep up with their training or something like that.

Its kinda sad to think about, but also I guess very American. Hoping some benevolent rich person blesses you and your sport with money so you can hopefully keep doing that sport to win a medal.

Edit: Yeah it was the water polo team, also realized I’m being serious on a meme post… ABC News Link

Thanks for digging that up, that’s worse than I could have ever imagined it being judged… I don’t blame you I don’t want to look more into that either.

Well that’s upsetting to hear. It’s completely abhorrent and I already can’t believe that guy is allowed to compete. I can’t comprehend how 4 years was it for his jail time. Deserves much worse than just the boo’s he got in the first match.

Was going to say I remembered Paraguay being better semi recently but honestly haven’t been tracking the different South American national teams very closely.

They might make it to the 2026 World Cup just because the CONMEBOL qualifiers now allow for like 7 teams to qualify, out of 10. But with teams like Ecuador and Venezuela on the rise, they have fewer chances.

Venezuela’s rise has been interesting to me, I know quite a few of their players have come through or still are in MLS. I’m guessing the sport has grown in popularity in Venezuela enough and the domestic league quality must be decent enough to give their players a shot in foreign leagues.

Does Paraguay have a solid roster? I know they had a hard time in Copa America. Either way, hope Japan keeps their foot on the gas and can keep the Israeli’s loosing.

Idk if it was live but just watched Cuba beat USA in Men’s Beach Volleyball. The Cuban’s were pumped and really trying to get the crowd into it all match despite the rain.

Looks like it happened in pool play: Olympics Site Match Results

I don’t think most Americans are going to even register it’s subs for Australia though. Maybe that’s also the point, get Americans excited about building an extra sub or two as a treat for Australia. (Well really to your point Australia still wouldn’t actually get new subs)

I don’t watch a lot of NASCAR but seeing AKUS is blowing money being the lead sponsor on a car is wild. I guess since Australia isn’t actually getting the submarines for a long time (or is it not at all?) they’re free to do this.

Link to an image of the #6 and #17

Buildsubmarines is some site talking up AKUS