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Ilona Maher On The Highs & Lows Of The Tokyo Olympics, Going Viral On TikTok, and Finding Her 6’7 Demigod

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4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Ilona Maher is a member of the Women's U.S Rugby Team and became a viral sensation at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for her hilarious TikTok commentary. Prior to the Olympic Games, Maher earned All-American Honors, led her college team to three titles, and helped the USA finish 4th in the 2018 Women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens. In this episode, Ilona reveals what it is like to ride the roller coaster of emotions many Olympic athletes go through when the games are over, why we shouldn’t tone ourselves down for other people, and how her viral hashtag #BeastBeautyBrains is defining a new type of confidence for athletic women. If you’re one of the 800,000 people who have fallen in love with Ilona on TikTok, or you’re just curious to hear the inside scoop from someone who was just at the Tokyo games, this episode is a must listen!

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a dear media production.

0:03.6

Hi, I'm Caroline Stambury and I am divorced not dead.

0:08.0

Fresh off the back of my divorce, I'm bringing real stories, real life, real talk on all things

0:12.9

that aren't said. Why do we put so much pressure on ourselves for the happily ever after?

0:17.6

Does our love story really have to be one great lengthy novel or can we be happy with a book

0:22.8

of short but exciting love stories? I guess we'll find out on divorce not dead and lucky me,

0:28.0

you'll be joining me for the journey, so buckle up.

0:35.8

It's kind of like okay and you're done and the Olympics are over, you're you're all good now

0:40.0

and it's like wait a second, I just worked you know three years and then if not all of your

0:45.8

life for this moment and it's like all right see you guys.

0:47.7

Hey everybody and welcome to RealPod. I'm Victoria Garrick, former D.O. and athlete and mental

0:58.3

health and body image advocate. Every Wednesday I'll be bringing you awesome guests, weekly inspiration

1:04.3

and the realest conversations around everything and anything. Now let's get real.

1:09.4

Welcome back to RealPod everybody. I hope you had a fabulous weekend. Yes, I know you're hyped,

1:20.7

you cannot believe it. The Ilona Mar, member of the women's US rugby team just competed in Tokyo,

1:28.3

viral sensation on TikTok, garnered over 800,000 followers is here today. I'm freaking out,

1:34.9

I'm sure you're freaking out. I'm actually sure many of you are just like diehardy,

1:38.4

Lona stands and you're like RealPod, who is this chick? But I'm going to listen free Lona,

1:42.8

that's okay, we love it. Welcome, I'm so happy you're here. Now in the rare chance some of you

1:48.0

don't know who Ilona Mar is and you're like who is this? I would say please scroll her TikTok,

1:53.3

it's absolute comedy. But to give you a brief summary, yes you heard that right, she competed in

1:58.7

the Tokyo 2020 games on the US women's rugby team. So she's an absolute stud, she's a freaking Olympian

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