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USA Olympic womens track

Stop asking black track athletes about Lolo Jones

Carrie Healey
OPINION - With all the success these Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells have achieved, is it really appropriate for the media to ask them about Lolo Jones immediately following their race?...
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Lolo Jones of the United States competes in the Women's 100m Hurdles heat on Day 10 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 6, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Lolo Jones reaches hurdles semifinal, responds to 'haters'

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - One day after celebrating her 30th birthday and the New York Times published an article that strongly criticized her, Lolo Jones took to the track earlier this morning, winning her heat.
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Former USC athlete and current Olympian, Carol Rodriquez will be competing for Team USA in the 400meters.

USC athletes dominate Summer Olympic Games

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - A USC athlete has won a medal at every Summer Olympics since 1904...
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(Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

All 2012 Olympic medalists to be drug tested

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPROT = London 2012 will be the most aggressive Olympic year in order to weed out drug users....
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EUGENE, OR - JUNE 25: Lolo Jones clears a hurdle during the first round of the Women's 100 meter hurdles during the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field on June 25, 2011 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Can 'Project X' help Lolo Jones win?

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
VIDEO - Four years ago, in the Beijing Olympics, American hurdler Lolo Jones was the favorite for the gold medal...
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