1-ranked hurdler, Lolo Jones.
“I’ve had time’s where I wasn’t number one and I fought and crawled to
become number one.” – Lolo Jones.
Jones has worked for 12 years for the chance at 12 seconds of glory -
she is looking forward to getting her rings this summer (Olympic Gold)
The 28 year old hurdler Lolo Jones, is one of the world’s fastest (not
to mention beautiful) women. Be sure to catch her this summer at the
London Games.
Her Red Bull USA Profile : “One of the world’s fastest women, Lolo
Jones is a two-time World Champion in the 60-meter hurdles and the
kind of modern athlete who could easily stand in for a Greek statue.
She has the face and body of a model with the heart and legs of a
thoroughbred.
Jones’ rags-to-riches story is almost too good to be believable: Born
in Iowa and raised (along with five siblings) by a working mother so
poor that the family changed homes every year to dodge angry
landlords, Jones found her escape in track — first at Roosevelt High
in Des Moines, where she became the Track Athlete of the Year, and
later at LSU, where she won three national titles and was an 11-time
All-American (all the while working night jobs to feed herself).
As a pro, Jones just got faster, and was poised to be Team USA’s Next
Big Thing when she clipped the second-to-last hurdle while in the lead
at the Beijing Olympics and lost the gold medal she’d worked a
lifetime for. Don’t worry; that just pissed Lolo Jones off. She used
the mistake as motivation, set a personal best, broke the American
record, and is now laser-focused on London, where she plans to take
back the gold medal she should have won the last time. Run Lolo Run.”
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