Jason Kelce hangs out with Ilona Maher and is accused of ‘cheating’ after controversial arm wrestling win over women’s Team USA rugby star Nicole Heavirland
Jason Kelce is having an absolute blast at the 2024 Olympics.
The retired Philadelphia Eagles star and former sexiest men alive was recently spotted wearing a sleek blue beret as he took in the field hockey with wife Kylie.
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The 36-year-old future Pro Football Hall of Famer has been especially enjoying the rugby, perhaps recognizing a lot of similarities with his own sport.
The legendary NFL center has been cheering on Team USA women's rugby and recently stopped by the team's locker room after they beat Brazil.
Jason was even caught arm wrestling one of its stars, Nicole Heavirland, although his victory was somewhat controversial after he was accused of holding on to the table.
"Challenged Jason Kelce to an arm wrestle," Heavirland wrote over a video on Instagram.
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"He's gonna cheat!" Kylie Kelce shouted as the pair battled it out.
Jason eventually got the better of his impressive opponent and slammed Heavirland's arm down on the white table.
He immediately threw his hands up in the air and celebrated the hard-fought victory before hugging Heavirland.
However, Heavirland jokingly captioned the clip, "@jason.kelce holding on to that table a little bit?
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"I tried to warn you!," Kylie responded.
Jason replied on Instagram saying, "Holding onto something with your off hand is completely within the rules of the International Federation of Arm Wrestling".
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Jason's New Height's podcast's also shared the clip on Instagram and joked: "If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying 😂 … thanks for letting him win @nicole406heavirland."
Kelce was later seen speaking to Team USA rugby star Ilona Maher wearing a jersey that appeared to be signed by the whole team.
Rugby sevens player Maher has become one of the biggest US athletes at the Games and boasts over 1.7 million Instagram followers.
During their exchange, Maher named Kelce the unofficial mascot of Team USA women's rugby.
"Women's water polo has Flava Flav as their super fan," she said in the TikTok. "And you are a girl dad, do you get anything from being our super fan? No.
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"There's no money, no benefits, um I don't have any free stuff. But if you want to be our super fan, you just need to say I'm a fan."
"I am officially a fan,'" Jason replied as the team cheered in the background.
The US's women's rugby team got off to a flying start in Paris, beating Japan (36-7), and Brazil (24-5), during Sunday’s opening day of matches.
They then suffered a tough loss to the home French side before bouncing back to beat Team GB, 17-7.
That victory secured a semifinal round clash with reigning gold medalists New Zealand on Tuesday.
Unfortunately, the Kiwi's beat the US, 24-12, to advance to the final. They will now face Canada in the gold medal game on Tuesday while the US will play for its first ever medal against Australia in the bronze medal match on the same day.
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