Lolo Jones Returns to Instagram To Explain Where She's at With Bobsledding

by Larry Leo

September 27, 202410 Comments

Lolo Jones checks in with where she is as an athlete and mentally...

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Life decisions. Been off all social to figure it all out. What am about to share I have kept bottled for years. How do I want to end my 25 year pro career in sport? I was asked to come back to bobsled for years but how it went down last Olympic cycle I was deeply hurt. I saw some pretty unfair stuff happen and that’s a big reason why I went back to track to show I still fast enough to make the Olympic trials for Track and field

Bobsled tho? Man. It does not have a good rep. I was very hesitant to go back and I am a World Champion and Olympian in bobsled.

A lot of former bobsled athletes are bitter. They feel they have been wronged. They have been lied too. They have been crashed and then spit out.

This is the first time I have talked about what they did to me. When the pilot reached out to me and said they need my experience and they were very impressed by me competing in The Olympic trials. I told them some bad stuff went down last time I was in bobsled not only for me but multiple athletes (there was an investigation into USA bobsled and they had to put new sanctions in place to be more fair to the athletes) she told me they are trying to fix the environment. They also have a new head coach and she said World champs are on home ice this year. Wouldn’t you want to defend on home turf? I was intrigued

So I trained for a few weeks flew out to New York and threw down a prelim time to return. I don’t know if things have changed fully but I do know I am one hell of an athlete and if the new procedures are fair than that’s all any athlete wants is a fair shot.

So that’s what’s been going on. I walked back into the den of fire. A place that spit me out and returned to help. One of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life.

last pic is not a political endorsement for anyone it’s just the sum up how I feel trying morph my body and mindset from Summer track athlete to Winter bobsled sports.

My body has no clue what the heck is going on I went from a strict diet to trying to gain 20 pounds for bobsled

Thank you everyone for the DM’s of support while I took time away to recharge my mental health

Let’s see where this journey takes us