“I tried to warn you!” Kylie Kelce joked to Heavirland after her husband won the arm wrestling challenge at the 2024 Paris Olympics
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Jason Kelce is getting competitive at the 2024 Paris Olympics!
On Sunday, July 28, the former Philadelphia Eagles center, 36, took on and beat Team USA women’s rugby star Nicole Heavirland in an arm wrestling challenge as he stopped by the team’s locker room after their winning game against Brazil.
However, despite his win, Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce and the Olympian, 29, suggested he didn’t follow the rules.
“Challenged Jason Kelce to an arm wrestle,” Heavirland wrote over a video on Instagram.
“Are we ready? 3,2,1…” a voice said behind the camera as people around the pair cheered.
“He’s gonna cheat!” Kylie, 32, seemingly shouted, as Heavirland and Jason, still wearing his beret, battled it out at a white table.
As he got his arm down on the table first, Jason then threw his hands up into the air as the champion before hugging Heavirland.
Suggesting the win wasn’t legit, 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 commented, as Jason insisted, “Holding onto something with your off hand is completely within the rules of the International federation of Arm Wrestling.”
Jason and his brother Travis Kelce‘s New Heights podcast’s Instagram also shared the clip, joking in the caption, “If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying 😂 … thanks for letting him win @nicole406heavirland.”
On Sunday, the USA Rugby Instagram account documented Jason and Kylie’s visit by sharing a sweet photo of the pair posing with rugby stars Heavirland, Kasey McCravey, Kate Zackary, Meya Bizer, and Kristen Thomas.
Jason also chatted with Ilona Maher in a clip shared by the star player on TikTok, and she named him the unofficial mascot of Team USA women’s rugby.
“Women’s water polo has Flavor Flav as their superfan,” the 27-year-old could be heard telling Jason in the video, adding of why he should become a superfan, “You are a girl dad.”
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“Do you get anything from being our superfan? No,” Ilona joked, while Jason stroked his beard.
“There’s no reward, no money, no benefits, I don’t think I can get you free stuff,” Ilona added.
“You’re a great salesman,” Jason insisted, declaring: “I am officially a fan of women’s rugby, Olympics.”
On Saturday, July 27, Jason and Kylie kicked off the Paris Games opening weekend in style as they paid homage to Kylie’s background in field hockey — she played in college at Cabrini University — while attending Team USA women’s field hockey game.
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