WITH THE GIRLS BACKGRID
Flavor Flav isn't just promoting the U.S. women's water polo team by serving as their official hype man, he's literally helping them train ... as they head to Paris in a matter of days, in search of another Olympic gold medal!
What's even crazier ... Flav scored twice on Ashleigh Johnson!
NBD, right? She's just arguably the best goalie in the world.
TMZ Sports caught up with Flav -- who recently signed on to promote Team USA WP for five years -- and star player Maggie Steffens, team captain, at Craig's in Los Angeles .