Rare Photos of Lolo Jones

SI Staff | Jan 22, 2014

Rare Photos of Lolo Jones

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Olympic 100-meter hurdler Lolo Jones added the Winter Olympics to her resume in January, when she was chosen to represent the U.S. in the bobsled at the games in Sochi, Russia. Here are some classic photos of Jones, who is set to become the ninth American to compete in both a Summer and Winter Olympics.

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Jones and Jazmine Fenlator finished second place in the 2012 Bobsled World Cup at Lake Placid, N.Y.

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Jones at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles.

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Jones on the Starter Red Carpet at the Maxim Party during Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.

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Jones participated in DIRECTV'S Seventh Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl before Super Bowl 47 in New Orleans.

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Jones and singer Kelly Rowland at ESPN The Magazine's "NEXT" Event Super Bowl party in New Orleans.

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President Barack Obama embraces Jones while welcoming members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House in September 2012. The U.S. team brought home 104 medals, 46 of them gold, from the games in London.

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Jones poses with Detroit punter Ben Graham before a Lions-Rams game at Ford Field in Detroit.

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Jones at a party in London during the Olympics.

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Jones gets ready for the start of a hurdles heats in London. She would go on to make the finals, but missed a medal by one-tenth of a second.

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Jones waves to the crowd during the opening ceremonies of the London Games.

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In the leadup to the Olympics, Jones appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.

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SI photographer Robert Beck arranged this elaborate photo shoot of Jones in Baton Rouge before the 2012 Games.

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Lolo Jones and Bernard Legat, Olympic medalist and American record holder for the mile, speak to the media in New York in advance of the annual indoor meet at Madison Square Garden.