The Staff USA girls’s rugby sevens squad pulled off an unbelievable bronze medal victory over Australia on Tuesday after Spiff Sedrick ran the size of the sector to assist safe the win.
It was the primary rugby sevens medal in Staff USA – males’s or girls’s. The Individuals received the match 14-12.
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Ilona Maher, #2 of Staff United States, celebrates following victory in the course of the Ladies’s Rugby Sevens Bronze medal match between Staff United States and Staff Australia on day 4 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on July 30, 2024 in Paris. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Pictures)
Ilona Maher, who has develop into a social media sensation over the course of the Paris Olympics, posted a selfie on X and revealed in a single phrase what victory tastes like.
“Delicious,” she wrote in a submit along with her biting the medal.
Maher was awestruck as Sedrick bounced two would-be tacklers and ran down the sector for the strive. Sedrick additionally nailed the conversion.
“I was kind of like, ‘What is this? No way?’ It was crazy because I was like, ‘No, there’s no way this is happening,'” Maher stated after the match. “And then for her to have to make the kick as well, and she’s not our kicker.”
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Ilona Maher, #2 of Staff United States, runs with the ball while underneath stress from Emma Uren, #7 of Staff Nice Britain, in the course of the Ladies’s Rugby Sevens Quarter Remaining match between Staff Nice Britain and Staff United States on day three of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on July 29, 2024 in Paris. (Michael Steele/Getty Pictures)
Maher grew to become the breakout social media star of the Paris Video games thus far, however the devastating quarterfinals loss to Nice Britain was a check for her as she has labored by way of methods to remain sharp mentally in attempting instances. Retaining it gentle on social media and staying targeted on the duty at hand paid dividends.
“I wanted to be good at social media — and I do a lot of social media — but also be a very good rugby player,” she stated. “And that was important to me.
“It was necessary for me to indicate I’m humorous however I’m additionally the actual deal and I additionally an excellent rugby participant. And so it was necessary for me to indicate you could be something. You will be beast, magnificence, brains.”
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Bronze medalists of Team United States pose after the Women’s Rugby Sevens medal ceremony following the Women’s Rugby Sevens matches on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on July 30, 2024 in Paris. (Michael Steele/Getty Images)
Maher can also now call herself an Olympic medalist.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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