Lolo Jones, a world class American track and field athlete, will be taking it off for ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue. From WhoTV.com:
…Lolo Jones is prominently featured in ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue. The stunning picture of Lolo is part of a “bodies we want” section. Jones tells our Keith Murphy, she was very concerned about posing nude, and was initially against it.
However, she decided she would do it if she could take a tasteful picture that would send young girls the message they don’t have to be skinny or starve themselves. The 5 foot 9 inch Jones says her weight fluctuates and at times she weighs up to 160 pounds. She knows that number surprises people, but muscle weighs more than fat, and Lolo has a lot of muscle, and next to no fat.
Lolo Jones was favored to win the 100 m hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but she tripped on the penultimate hurdle, finishing in seventh place. She went on to win silver at the 2008 World Athletics Final. Her 60 m hurdles best is the second fastest American time, after Gail Devers.
Christopher Meatto