“How an Olympic Rower Used Jason Kelce’s Underdog Speech to Seize Gold – You Won’t Believe the Impact!”

As mentioned in his interview, Best and his girlfriend, Lainey Duncan, were among the crowd of fans watching Kelce give his speech. “We’re soaring, flyyying” Duncan captioned a pic of her sitting on Best’s shoulders at the museum via Instagram in February 2018.

01 August 2024, France, Vaires-Sur-Marne: Paris 2024, Olympics, rowing, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, coxless fours, men, final, Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan from the USA celebrate with gold medals. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Though Jason returned to the U.S. before Best and his teammates took home their gold medal, the retired athlete and his wife, Kylie Kelce, traveled to Paris to cheer on other members of Team USA. While attending a women’s field hockey game against Argentina on Saturday, July 27, Jason got into the French spirit by sporting a navy beret he purchased from a souvenir shop. He continued to wear the hat while supporting the U.S. women’s rugby team. In addition to beating player Nicole Heavirland in an arm wrestle match, he earned the title of being the team’s No. 1 celebrity fan. “Women’s water polo has Flava Flav as their super fan. And you are a girl dad,” viral star Ilona Maher told him in a Sunday, July 28, social media video. Asking if he could be their “super fan,” Jason looked into the camera and declared: “I am officially a fan of women’s rugby, Olympics.” (Jason and Kylie, 32, share daughters Wyatt, 4, Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 17 months.)

Maher, 27, exclaimed, “We got Jason Kelce!” as her teammates cheered. The U.S. women’s rugby team won bronze in the women’s tournament last week, marking the first time Tea USA has won an Olympic medal in the sport