Lolo Jones: USA Track and Field Star
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Twinlab® Fuel is excited to announce its sponsorship of Track & Field star Lori "Lolo" Jones.
After graduating from Louisiana State University as an All-American track champion with a degree in economics, she faced a difficult decision: find a job in her field of study, or chase after her athletic dream, potentially with no pay. She chose her dream.
In 2008, she won her second straight USA Indoor Championship, as well as the World Indoor Championship, and was favored to win the 100-meter hurdle at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing. She was in the lead to win the gold medal when she tragically stumbled on the 9th hurdle, leaving her with a 7th place finish. But despite her disappointment, Lolo emerged from Beijing with incredible poise, sportsmanship, and more determination than ever to fulfill her dream.
Off the track, Lolo's life is a story of inspiring perseverance despite many challenges. Her training in track and field was her one constant in a life of continual upheaval—moving eight times in eight years as a child, facing homelessness and hardship. Lolo’s single mother raised her family of six by working two jobs, while Lolo’s father spent most of her childhood either in the Air Force or jail.
Lolo has maintained her focus in spite of trials on and off the track, and now has set her sights on the 2012 Olympics in London.
To get her in peak physical shape, Twinlab will provide Lolo with several sports nutrition products and nutritional supplements, including: Twinlab’s Endurance Fuel®, Creatine Fuel, Glutamine Fuel®, Pure Fuel and Electrolyte Fuel™, as well as Twinlab TeaZen white tea concentrates.
