Ilona Maher's teary-eyed speech after winning a historic Olympic bronze medal is straight out of a movie
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"In rugby, we say we're just passing through the jersey and making the jersey better, and that's always been my goal — to make this jersey better. Not just for me but for the other girls that are gonna come into the program.""And I want them to dream of being professional athletes. That's what I feel like I'm giving them. Even if this is my last rugby game, I hope that there's space for them to grow and thrive and that they experience this [because] I got to."
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