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Simone Biles, Ilona Maher and Suni Lee's TikToks Deserve Medals
The new generation of athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics are making sport even more fun and inspiring with their hilarious and revealing TikTok and Instagram videos
With a lot of time to kill in the Olympic Village between professional commitments, many of the global athletes who’ve traveled to Paris for the games have become insanely good content creators across TikTok and Instagram. The 27-year-old rugby union star from Vermont helped Team USA take bronze in the games, but she admits that social media is basically her second job: she has 3.3 million followers on Instagram, another 2.2 million on TikTok and has been churning out insanely funny videos and photos throughout the games, from her quest to find love in the Olympic Village to stuffing her face with a giant croissant — all while looking way sexier and more glamorous than we might have imagined a rugby player. @ilonamaher Even the most famous and medal-laden athletes at the games have found time to document their experiences via social media too: Team USA gymnasts like Simone Biles, Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles have all been putting together skits and offering behind-the-scenes glimpses of life in the Olympic Village that, once again, make the life of a professional athlete look way more fun than we imagined, as well as winning us over with all their team camaraderie, humor and spirit.
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