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Olympic Athlete Has The Perfect Response About BMI After Viewers Mock Her Weight

“BMI doesn't tell you what I can do, what I do on the field, how much muscle I have,” Ilona Maher said. The post Olympic Athlete Has The Perfect Response About BMI After Viewers Mock Her Weight first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Team GB rugby sevens player withdraws from Olympics amid investigation into ‘racist message’

Amy Wilson Hardy, who had been criticised for an apparent WhatsApp message shared on social media, has withdrawn on ‘medical grounds’

The Independent UK

Derrick Henry Impressed by U.S. Rugby Star Ilona Maher's Epic Olympic Stiff-Arm

The Ravens star knows a thing or two about sending defenders to the turf with a vicious stiff-arm.

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Jason Kelce recruited by rugby star Ilona Maher as the US Olympic women's team's super fan

Jason Kelce went along to watch the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team at the Olympics in Paris and walked away as an honorary super fan

The Independent UK

SI:AM | Why You Need to Be Watching the U.S. Women’s Rugby Team

It’s well worth the little time it takes to watch.

Sports Illustrated

Jason Kelce Called Out for Cheating in Arm-Wrestling Match With Team USA Rugby Star

The former Eagles player has been having a time in Paris.

Sports Illustrated

Ilona Maher: how a US rugby sevens player became one of the biggest stars of the Games

The American is one of the breakout athletes in Paris, thanks to an irreverent social media presence that has won her sponsors and millions of fans

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Olympics fans were fired up after Ilona Maher’s devastating stiff arm in U.S. women’s rugby sevens win vs. Japan

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‘It’s something incredible’: electric mood in France matches that of 1998

Pessimism over domestic politics and the Games themselves has been replaced by euphoria, helped by impressive early medal success

The Guardian - UK

Parisian Cabaret Dancers Help Inspire France To Olympic Rugby Gold

France's rugby sevens side celebrated their Olympic gold in unusual style with a carefully choreographed dance routine as deft and slick as any of Antoine Dupont's match-winning tries.

International Business Times

Paris 2024 Olympics: Five things we learned on Day 1 – Dupont by name and nature

It only took the first day after the launch ceremony to relaunch all Olympic opening extravaganzas. Images and metaphors and symbols abound. Thank you Antoine Dupont, France's rugby hero extraordinaire.

Radio France Internationale

Sevens heaven: France win first Olympic gold in event at fan's first rugby match

Talk about a lucky charm. Monique de Kerangal's first rugby match and first trip to Stade de France ended with France romping to a 28-7 victory over defending champions Fiji to claim their first Olympic men's rugby sevens title and the country's first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games.

Radio France Internationale

Duhan van der Merwe praised after becoming Scotland’s record try scorer

Head coach Gregor Townsend hailed an “amazing achievement” from the 29-year-old.

The Independent UK

Duhan van der Merwe breaks Scotland try record as Uruguay denied unlikely comeback

Van der Merwe scored his 28th try to overtake Stuart Hogg as Scotland claimed a 31-19 win

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Antoine Dupont leads France to rugby sevens Olympic gold

Antoine Dupont’s wizardry lit up the Olympics to deliver a moment, perhaps the moment of Paris 2024 so far, scoring two tries to win France the gold medal in rugby sevens on Saturday, 27 July.

The Independent UK

Antoine Dupont savours ‘sensational’ first France gold of Games in rugby sevens

The Toulouse scrum-half has won the European Champions Cup, France’s Top 14 and now rugby sevens Olympics gold in the space of nine weeks.

The Guardian - UK

No regrets for Antoine Dupont as he delivers redemption on biggest stage

Rugby’s greatest player gets his golden day nine months after bruising exit from home World Cup

The Independent UK

The magical Antoine Dupont moment that secured Olympic gold for France

France 28-7 Fiji: Les Bleus became the first host nation to win the men’s sevens title thanks to their No.11’s magical second-half display

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The Guardian - UK

Dazzling Antoine Dupont and France storm to gold in Olympic rugby sevens

Antoine Dupont and France beat Fiji 28-7 at a cacophonous Stade de France to seal gold in the men’s rugby sevens

The Guardian - UK

Team GB is fast out of the blocks to celebrate early Olympic silver and bronze medals

Cyclist Anna Henderson squeezes out rival to come second as divers Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen make a splash

The Independent UK

Ellie Kildunne says Great Britain can do ‘something special’ at Paris Olympics

Ciaran Beattie’s side face Ireland on July 28 in their opening pool match at the Stade de France.

The Guardian - UK

Antoine Dupont’s dream finish clinches France’s rugby sevens semi-final spot

A late try from Antoine Dupont sealed a 26-14 win for France against Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men’s rugby sevens

France 24

Paris 2024: Archery, team sports take centre stage on eve of opening ceremony

While team sports took centre stage Thursday on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the first individual event of the 2024 Games – archery – drew all eyes to the Invalides on the banks of the River Seine. French rugby star Antoine Dupont’s Les Bleus entered…

The Guardian - UK

State craft: how De Gaulle shaped France’s inclusive Olympic sport infrastructure

Stung by failure in 1964, the General created a unique sporting architecture that has always prioritised participation

The Guardian - UK

Antoine Dupont carries weight of opening day to ease France’s nerves

One of the faces of the Games shows his genius to secure victory for hosts against Uruguay after draw with USA

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