Jason Kelce paid tribute to US women’s rugby sevens star Ilona Maher in Paris as her team claimed bronze at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday.
The former Philadelphia Eagles star and his wife Kylie spent the day cheering on the Americans in all competitions in the French capital.
After a long day of cheering on her countrymen at the games, Kylie posted a funny video of Jason on her Instagram Story. The video shows her husband looking exhausted in a chair, clutching a stack of cups in one hand and his phone in the other while holding a rugby ball and a miniature volleyball between his left forearm and torso.
Kelce also sported a USA cap, a rugby jersey with the athletes’ signatures and a button-down shirt with the American colors and Maher’s face printed in different places.
“Yes, that’s @ilonamaher on his shirt,” Kylie wrote in the caption. “When you finally sit down after all the excitement…”
Jason Kelce wore a jersey with Ilona Maher’s face on it at the Olympics on Tuesday
And his wife Kylie shared a hilarious video of the former NFL star looking tired after a big day in Paris.
Maher and the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team claimed bronze against Australia
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The clip was set to Jelly Roll’s newly released song, ‘I Am Not Okay.’ It also listed the day’s American victories, including men’s volleyball’s 3-2 win over Germany and the U.S. women’s gymnastics’ gold medal in the artistic final.
Maher and his team began the day with a 24-12 semi-final loss to New Zealand, but bounced back to beat Australia 14-12 to secure a spot on the podium.
The All Blacks would lose to Canada in the gold medal game.
On a more impressive note, Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team took gold in the team competition.
With Biles at her peak, the Americans’ total of 171.296 surpassed Italy and Brazil and marked the exclamation point of a yearlong run in which Biles has cemented her legacy as the greatest of all time in her sport and one of the best in Olympic history.
In addition to Biles, her teammates Suni Lee, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera contributed to the redemption story in Paris.
