What happened to Ilona Maher at Dancing with the Stars? Everything you need to know about the reason that made the Olympic medalist cry

Ilona Maher was seen tearing up at "Dancing with the Stars" after a tough routine during the competition's fourth round for Hair Metal Night on Tuesday. Following her Paris Olympics bronze medal victory, Maher made an appearance at "Dancing with the Stars," vying with other participants, one of which includes fellow Olympic medalist Stephen Nedoroscik.

During the fourth round of the competition, the rugby union player along with her pro dance partner Alan Bersten performed a jive to "Cum On Feel The Noize" by Quiet Riot. However, she was dissatisfied with her performance afterward.

Maher later admitted that she was unfamiliar with metal hair week before she was required to perform it this week.

"I don't know much, but whenever I'm in the gym, people love listening to that to get them hyped," Maher said. "They're pushing the biggest weights with this music." (Via Burlington Free Press)

The pair received a mediocre score from three judges with seven and two sixes, totaling up to 26/40. Despite scoring a subpar score, Maher the Olympian escaped the elimination, while the episode concluded with the double elimination of Reginald VelJohnson and Eric Roberts, after scoring 21 and 22 points, respectively.

"I got very sad that it wasn’t I guess good enough" - Ilona Maher expresses her dissatisfaction with her Hair Metal Night performance on Dancing with the Stars

Ilona Maher at the "Dancing With The Stars" rehearsal studio in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Getty)

Ilona Maher expressed her dissatisfaction after what according to her was a "tough" dance.

In an interview on the Dancing with the Stars set following her routine, she broke down, stating her struggle to per well and keep up wth her partner's expectations.

"You do it so well in dress rehearsal and then you come out and you mess it up so it's really hard 'because he's (her pro partner Alan) so good and he knows I can do well and I just don't."

Further while speaking with Access Hollywood, Maher reflected on the challenge of trying something completely new out of her comfort zone.

“It’s learning to give myself grace that I’m doing something so new and so this is something that’s so out of my comfort zone, I’m not a dancer, I think I just want to give it my all so I got very sad that it wasn’t I guess good enough, maybe.”

The USA team's bronze medal in Paris became the first Olympic medal for the women's rugby union's national team in their history.