Lolo will grace the February cover of Runner's World magazine:
Here's also a video about the shoot:
Twinlab® Fuel is excited to announce its sponsorship of USA 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 DrGreene Multi, Twinlab Joint Krill and Twinlab TeaZen white tea concentrates.
Source: Twinlab
World indoor 60 metres hurdles champion Lolo Jones will compete for the United States at the Aviva International Match in Glasgow on Jan 31.
Jones has her eyes on next summer's World Championships in August where she is aiming to atone for the heartbreak of stumbling when leading in the Olympic 100m hurdles final and dropping to seventh place.
The 26-year-old's season began brilliantly when she claimed the world indoor title in Valencia, but it was marred in Beijing where she clipped the penultimate hurdle and lost the gold medal.
She will start her new campaign eager to better her previous two performances at the Kelvin Hall venue where she has finished runner-up on both occasions.
UK Athletics chief executive Niels de Vos welcomed Jones' return to Glasgow.
He said: "These meetings are all about giving our best British athletes the chance to compete against the best in the world and – despite her huge disappointment in Beijing – it is clear that Lolo Jones was the best female high hurdler over the course of last season."
De Vos revealed that Jones will also compete at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on Feb 21, and added: "Whoever lines up against her in Glasgow and Birmingham will get a perfect illustration of the level they need to be aiming for."
The format of the Aviva International Match sees elite athletes – more accustomed to competing for individual glory – having to earn points for their country.
Teams competing are Great Britain and Northern Ireland, USA, Germany, Sweden and a Commonwealth Select.
Source: Telegraph