Lolo Jones: For Women at the Olympics, the Spotlight Can Be Harsh

LONDON — Lolo Jones was leading the race at the Beijing Games when she clipped the second-to-last hurdle and saw her hopes for an Olympic medal disappear. The other runners burst across the finish line, but everyone at the Bird's Nest was focused onThe American sprinter Lolo Jones may have been speaking for a number of female Olympic athletes on the “Today” show Wednesday morning when she tearfully deplored criticism she had received in American media related to her physical

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