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In an interview with TODAY, Jones admitted being "heartbroken" after seeing the media backlash to her Olympic struggles.
"They just ripped me to shreds," Jones said. "I thought it was crazy because I worked six days a week for four years for a 12-second race. They just tore me apart, which was heartbreaking."
Jones ran her fastest race of the season in Tuesday's 100-meter hurdles competition, but it wasn't enough to make the medal stand. She placed fourth in what was the fastest women's hurdles race in Olympic history.
She jokingly tweeted about her state of mind after the race:
Stressed.5am no sleep post race. Almost went @britneyspears on ya & shave my head til I read ur tweets. Thx 4 lifting me up during this time— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) August 8, 2012
In the video below, watch a solemn Jones defend herself against the The New York Times, which published an article called "For Lolo Jones, Everything is Image" on August 4. In the piece, Jones is compared to Anna Kournikova, "the former Russian tennis player whose looks received far more attention than her relatively meager skills."
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