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Sochi Olympics 2014

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BVistahC said:
OMG, somebody just told me Lolo Jones compared Lauryn Williams to Jesse Owens.

This isn't b/c I'm an OSU alum, but one of them went into Nazi Germany and won gold medals in front of Hitler.
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Who the fuck is Lolo Jones? I mean seriously? I semi-watched the bobsledding the other day during an extended conference call for work and while I heard references to her, I never quite figured out exactly who they were talking about.
 
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Mike80 said:
Who the fuck is Lolo Jones? I mean seriously? I semi-watched the bobsledding the other day during an extended conference call for work and while I heard references to her, I never quite figured out exactly who they were talking about.
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Resident track guy to the rescue...

Lolo Jones - 100m hurdler. Was in the lead at the 2008 Olympics and hit the second to last hurdle, finished 4th. Also finished 4th in the 2012 Olympics. Those are her best outdoor track finishes (she has a few 60m hurdle indoor world titles).
Lauren Williams - 100m silver medalist in 2004, 4x100m gold medalist in 2012. She has 3 or 4 100m world titles.

Williams is the more accomplished track athlete but for whatever reason Jones was getting all the bobsled press... I'm glad Williams was on the team that won silver (would have won gold if the driver kept the sled a bit straighter in runs 3 and 4).
 
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