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Lolo Jones entered the London Games as one of the US’s most well known Olympians, but she was ridiculed after finishing a disappointing fourth in the 100-meter hurdles on Tuesday. Two of her teammates who finished better in the competition expressed resentment toward the amount of media attention Jones receives.

Dawn Harper, who won silver in the 100-meter hurdles, and Kellie Wells, who took bronze, spoke about their lack of attention during an interview with NBC’s Michelle Beadle:

Below is a transcript of their conversation (via SB Nation):

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Last weekend, the New York Times published a piece that many believe was extremely unfair to US Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones. The heading of the article said it all: “For Lolo Jones, Everything is Image.” It compared Jones to women’s tennis star Anna Kournikova, making the point that her personal affairs and good looks have made her a popular topic of discussion — not her accomplishments on the track. As you might expect, the piece greatly upset Jones.

“I think it was crazy just because it was two days before I competed, and then the fact that it was from a US media,’’ Jones said on The Today Show as she nearly broke into tears. “They should be supporting our US Olympic athletes and instead they just ripped me to shreds. I just thought that that was crazy because I worked six days a week, every day, for four years for a 12-second race and the fact that they just tore me apart, which is heartbreaking.

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NBC has understandably been pounded for its tape-delayed coverage of the Olympics. The time difference between London and the U.S. has forced NBC to spare marquee events from live television coverage in favor of primetime coverage up to 12 hours after they took place, even though NBC and its family of networks is broadcasting all throughout the day when these events are already occurring. It’s such an impractical mess that even the peacock network has laughably jumped the gun on itself.

And now that many people are fully immersed in the Twitter age, where spoiler alerts are few and far between, it’s even harder than before to avoid having results ruined before they air. But you know who really doesn’t care if you haven’t seen anything on TV yet? Lolo Jones.

Here’s what the American Olympic hurdler tweeted Tuesday afternoon, apparently in response to some of her followers’ complaints after she spilled the beans on some yet-to-be-broadcast results:

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We know Lolo Jones loves to joke around and keep things loose, which is one of the things that has made her such a popular topic of discussion during and leading up the the Olympics. She runs one of the more entertaining Twitter accounts among the Olympic athletes, but her sense of humor resulted in a bit of criticism on Saturday afternoon.

After the US lost to Italy in archery, Lolo sent out the following tweet:

USA Men’s Archery lost the gold medal to Italy but that’s ok, we are Americans… When’s da Gun shooting competition?

— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) July 28, 2012

In the wake of the devastating movie theater shooting that took place in Colorado, several of Lolo’s followers thought the tweet was in poor taste and inappropriate, prompting the following response from the American hurdler.

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Leading up to the London Olympics, Lolo Jones‘ virginity was one of the most widely discussed story lines, because apparently these are the things that matter these days.

While Jones undoubtedly continues to carry the reputation of being “That Virgin Athlete Not Named Tim Tebow,” she still has her share of admirers, particularly the New York Jets on behalf of Tebow. So far as we know, a Tebow-Jones link up has yet to happen.

Meanwhile, Jones, quite the comedienne on Twitter, is still looking for her Mr. Right. But perhaps she should get in touch with NBA free agent Morris Almond, who so romantically tweeted about his attraction to the Olympic hurdler on Friday:

i really wanna corrupt Lolo Jones’ world.

— Morris Almond (@FreeMoAlmond) July 27, 2012

He seems harmless.

Photos: @FreeMoAlmond/Robert Deutsch-USA Today Sports

Lolo Jones has yet to find love. Because of her unique situation, there seem to be more people interested in Jones’ personal life than there are those who are wondering what her chances are of winning a gold medal in London. Since she admitted she is a virgin, everyone is adamant about recommending potential partners for Lolo and finding out how she has managed to hold out for so long. The reason, she says, is that she has yet to find the man of her dreams.

“That’s one of the main reasons, because literally there are so many people who aren’t willing to wait for their future spouse,” Jones told Access Hollywood earlier this week. “They want to have sex now, they want to hook up. That’s their life. My life is something else.

“I’ve complained about this to all my friends. ‘When am I going to finally meet the man of my dreams, my husband, and experience, you know?’ Please, end this drought.”

It’s a sick and twisted world out there. Finding prince charming is no easy task in the year 2012. Jones, who loves to mess around as we have seen with her jokes about Tim Tebow, added that she has “the FBI working on some potential soul mates.”

Nick Mangold tried to use this hilarious t-shirt to set Lolo and Tebow up, but so far it hasn’t worked out. She has said in the past that remaining a virgin is harder than training for the Olympics, so hopefully when the Games are over Mr. Right comes marching along.

Lolo Jones frequently jokes about being dissatisfied with the size of her chest, and Friday was no different.

Jones mentioned on Twitter that she was shopping for bras and someone played a cruel joke by placing a larger bra among the smaller ones, which she was looking through.

When asked by a Twitter follower why she’s focused on her chest, Jones came back with a humorous response:

u didnt see tie photo finish between Fellix & Jeneba? If only one had worn a push up bra #problemsolved RT @gunds_up: why u want big boobs?

— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) June 29, 2012

Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh finished in a dead heat (picture here) for the final Olympic qualifying spot in the 100 meters last weekend and may do a run-off to break the tie. Photo finishes are determined by the placement of the sternum, so that’s why she made the joke.

For someone who is a world-class athlete and who seems to have everything going for her, Lolo Jones sure has the self-deprecating humor act down. If nothing else, maybe that can help her score a date with Tim Tebow.

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