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Group USA rugby participant Ilona Maher has rapidly develop into one of many stars of the 2024 Summer season Olympics in Paris, and with good causes.
Maher is a beat of a participant on the sector. She checks in a 5’10, 200 kilos and her highlights appear to be one thing out of Derrick Henry’s highschool tape.
Simply checkout this insane stiff arm that she placed on a poor Japanese participant on Sunday!
Maher scored a pair of tries (touchdowns) for the U.S. on Sunday as they rolled to victories over each Brazil and Japan. She and her teammates full pool play on Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. ET in opposition to France. The US has already secured a spot within the knockout spherical.
However Maher guidelines for a number of causes, not simply her outstanding play. The 27-year-old from Burlington, Vermont can also be a completely unimaginable content material creator on social media.
Maher already went viral on TikTok a number of occasions this week, together with a hilarious interplay with tennis star and Group USA flag-bearer Coco Gauff.
Maher has over 1.5 million followers on TikTok, and it’s simple to say why. The above video, through which she calls the Olympic Village and “Olympic Villa” and compares it to hit present Love Island, has over 5.1 million views!
However she hasn’t slowed down the content material creation in Paris. She discovered her future husband in line on the cafeteria!
And she or he turned Jason Kelce into the most recent Group USA rugby tremendous fan!
Be part of the membership, Jason.
The Olympics are the one time each 4 years that sports activities like girls’s rugby sevens get to shine. And Maher is undoubtedly benefiting from that chance!
