Lolo Jones in Rome?

[lovetorun]

Anyone know why Lolo Jones was a DNF inthe Rome meet?

[guru]

Re: Lolo Jones in Rome?

Whacked first hurdle

[guru]

Re: Lolo Jones in Rome?

Today(6/5) in Bellinzona, SUI

100mH (-0.7) 1 Lolo Jones (usa) 12.87; 2 Lisa Urech 13.08; 3 Micol Cattaneo (ita) 13.10; 4 Sharona Bakker (ned) 13.31; 5 Miriam Hehl (ger) 13.61

[110hedgeNYC]

Re: Lolo Jones in Rome?

she crashed out. hit the first hurdle. her technique is not good. she has fundamental flaws in her technique. it's exasperating to watch. she's a fantastic athlete with speed, agility and aggression, but she doesn't seem to understand what's she doing technically. she's erratic technically and prone to crashes, in part, because of this. if she was more compact, more forward from the hips over the hurdle and more controlled with her stride pattern, she could get down to the 12.30s or so.

watch Sally Pearson or Susanna Kallur and compare them the Lolo. they are on an entirely different level, technically. Even Dawn Harper, Carruthers and the Canadians are better technically than Lolo.

I like Lolo and wish her the best. Hope she makes the team, but she's not fully tapping her potential.

[lovetorun]

Re: Lolo Jones in Rome?

Thanks for the info. and interesting anaylysis that I've also noticed re: her technique...who is her coach?

[Fortius19]

Re: Lolo Jones in Rome?

I remember back in '08 she claimed she only hit a hurdle about once a year, including training. Seems like it's been a lot more often than that.

[110hedgeNYC]

Re: Lolo Jones in Rome?

Thanks for the info. and interesting anaylysis that I've also noticed re: her technique...who is her coach?

good question. I don't know who coaches her. she could be better.