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I think we could realistically be in every boxing final here. But some idiot got too provocative during the fight and got knocked out. Well, he's young, so let him take it as experience.

I thought it would be difficult to be worse than Qatar, but is trying hard.

Well, I must say that two gold medals in wrestling is not something common for us (and one of them in men's freestyle!!!!), even at the South American level. So I'm satisfied.

And Brazil beat Argentina in futsal 9-3!

What kind of multi-sport event is this where only two sports award medals on the first day?

Our women's basketball is a disaster. I know 3x3 is achieved through its strange results, but we can't even beat Singapore?

New update: Apparently there was some kind of error (they didn't specify what it was) and the time wasn't considered valid. That makes sense.

Erik Cardoso breaks the SA record with a time of 9.82. The previous record was 9.93 (Made by himself in 2025). Fantastic.

From what she said, it was more like intimidation and provocation from other players because she was naturalized and was stealing a spot from a "native" Italian, if we can put it that way.

Her interview (in Portuguese): https://ge.globo.com/polo-aquatico/noticia/2023/06/05/izabella-chiappini-vai-do-sonho-da-medalha-olimpica-a-depressao-surtei.ghtml

https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/103/fina-women-s-water-polo-world-league-super-final-2019/results?discipline=&event=0ac2ab92-b579-477b-b877-5cc7033233db She competed for Italy in the World League in 2019; I don't know if she participated in any other competitions. She changed nationality in 2017; she was one of the top players in the world at the time, but then there was the story that she suffered abuse within the Italian team, something like that...

Izabella Chiappini She competed for Brazil until 2016, then went to Italy, but there was a scandal and she returned to compete for Brazil.

What? The naturalizations we did? I'm not a fan of that, but it was the cheapest investment we had. The teams had improved, even our women's team wasn't a complete disaster and sometimes managed to trouble teams like Canada and China, at least until our main star chose to play for Italy. But that's the most we can hope for here. As for the legacy, I think our aquatic sports federation was the one that took the least advantage of it, and due to its incompetence, the level of swimming, diving, and artistic swimming hasn't shown a good future either.

Well, I suppose our federation is going to bet everything on this team, after all we probably won't have a chance for the next 50 years. So it's quite possible they'll improve by the decisive moment. But still, if we qualify, I hope they at least show a decent level of performance, rather than -35 goal difference or worse.

Well, I don't know if I expected anything from Argentina, Brazil, and Canada, but... I think after this tournament, I'm sure that whoever qualifies will be humiliated in Los Angeles.