SAM MF PARSONS

Happy to see him make it on to the final. Gotta be a good feeling.

It's funny, if you follow his instagram, you know when some sort of global competition is coming up because he starts posting pictures wearing his Germany jacket or hat to remind everyone he has some vague association with Germany.

his parents were born in germany. he has family in germany and he speaks german. many countries allow citizenship by descent, not a new thing

Woody got tripped and trampled mid race. Parsons still almost got passed by Woody at the end.

LOL you had me in the first half

Nearly spit my beer out gotdam

For the record, his grandparents were denazified.

It’s just weird how much the team celebrates a world championship finalist. Who does that?

a team that is struggling to prove its legitimacy and whose team members struggle to make it out of the first round of USAs

Germany has been basically non-existent in this meet.

First, he did it to make teams not to ‘honor his heritage’ or some bs he claimed at the announcement. No problem with it if you have the option (see: Aisha Praught), but at least tell the truth.

Second, his German is absolutely terrible. I wouldn’t say “he speaks German.”

Third, he must have been miffed on the start line standing next to an American, hearing the reception, and then hearing crickets when he was announced.

Yes, I don’t particularly like him. Yes, enjoyed the silence when he was announced. And yes, I would like him much more if he was open about why he switched nationalities.

Almost

Mate, Parsons gave interviews in German and was speaking freely on a German podcast. His German is quite decent. Also he is not a native speaker and I guess he doesn't get the chance to speak German in the US very often.

German here. I had never heard him speak German until the interview with ZDF after his heat last night. It is clear he is not a native speaker, but he can speak German very well. I was pleasantly surprised

Fair enough, I guess it’s improved. When he was interviewed after the German champs his first year there it was significantly less than non-native, to the point where I wouldn’t have called it fluent.

The pride of Delaware, Germany.

So basically everyone in the US that’s not full blooded Indian can run for any other nation in the world.

Why would he be miffed? Does Tom Brady expect NE fans to cheer for him if he plays against them in the superbowl?