Lolo Jones' post-Winter Olympics, relatively low profile has been contrary to her outgoing personality.
It also has been a tad contrary to her Christian beliefs.
First, Jones showed up for Anthony Davis' 21st birthday party in a tight red miniskirt.
Then, she got into a Twitter fight with a woman toward the end of last month, instead of "turning the other cheek."
And finally over the weekend, Jones appeared with on American track runner Dominique Darden on a photo posted by PGA Tour member Rickie Fowler Instagram wearing a skimpy but "functional two-piece zipper bikini" (as reported by Bleacher Report).
It's times like these that give Jones' critics ammunition for their argument that she's all style and no substance.
Jones' popularity drew the ire of some of her fellow Olympic bobsled team members when the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation selected her to compete in the 2014 Sochi Olympics over two push athletes that had more experience than she did.
Jones and driver Jazmine Fenlator then went out and finished in 11th place and well out of contention for medal consideration. Jones, whose never-say-die attitude has been an inspiration to some, also has left her empty-handed in three Olympics Games. She failed to medal as the favorite in the 100-meter hurdles in the 2008 Summer Olympics and again in the 2012 Games.
A recent report in northjersey.com indicated that Fenlator returned home to a hero's welcome in her hometown in Wayne, N.J., but also with seriously ill mother and financial difficulties.
Jones doesn't seem to have any such post-Olympic strife.
Her biggest decision, besides which outfit to wear when she hobnobs with other celebrities is which race she wants to run as she returns her attention to her track career.
According to One News Page, Jones has decided to compete in the shuttle hurdle relay rather than the 100-meter hurdles at the Drake Relays in her hometown of Des Moines, Iowa later this month.
Her Twitter fight began when Fulford responded to a tweet by @grcsprtz that read: "Oh, Lolo. Is there anything you can't do?" by saying "She can't win the Olympics."
Her tweet was brought to Jones attention, and the "Christian" tweeted:
Yes @fulmadz I may have not won an Olympics but looking at your D2 stat page you havnt won anything. keep trying! pic.twitter.com/kPUfpmPLV6
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) March 26, 2014
Maybe if Jones checked up on her less famous friends, such as Fenlator, her popularity wouldn't rub so many the wrong way.
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