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Lolo Jones calls out Olympic Committee for risking paralysis, mistreating injuries
USA Olympian Lolo Jones says the USOPC and USA Bobsled mistreated serious back injuries, nearly paralyzing her. (This video contains AI-assisted content.)
Elana Taylor Meyers and Lolo Jones of the United States compete during Heat 1 of the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2025 IBSF World Championships at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, N.Y., March 14, 2025. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Jones then had a massage scheduled with the Olympic Training Center’s trainer, but the appointment was “canceled” by John Faltus, a “top official at the USOPC medical clinic,” because Jones was “only entitled to one massage per week and had already received one that week,” the piece said.
“I was never even given an X-ray or an MRI. I wasn’t even allowed to use the ice bath to numb the pain. I did not even know my spine was seriously injured. I just knew I was in pain,” Jones .
Jones later raced in the world championships with what was later diagnosed as a herniated disc with a disc bulge and tears in her L3, L4 and L5 vertebrae. She also had spinal fluid leaking out.
But she says she avoided a life-altering mishap, saying the organizations
Lolo Jones speaks onstage at the USA House at Paris 2024 Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)
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“Had my pilot hit a wall, I would be paralyzed today. USOPC and USA bobsled put me at major risk and then penalized me for the injury that they gave me testing bobsled for team USA,” Jones said.
Jones was later banned from the training center and has since spent $100,000 on medical and training expenses, according to the Zielhaus piece.
According to the outlet, the USOPC “acknowledged that … Jones was wrongly denied medical treatment at the Olympic Training Center.” Neither the USOPC nor USA Bobsled immediately responded to an email from Fox News Digital.
“They stripped my rights, completely destroyed me, and no one was held accountable. Finally, the truth is getting out,” Jones said in .
“I remember limping by the sports med room every day, unable to go inside. Millions in equipment and funds are donated specifically to help Olympic athletes rehabilitate, but John Faltus canceled my appointment and locked me out The worst part? USA Bobsled and the USOPC put me back in a bobsled without ever ordering an MRI or properly evaluating my injury, risking permanent paralysis,” she .
Lolo Jones of the USA Bobsled team poses in the Olympic Park during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
Jones never medaled in the Olympics but won two World Indoor Championships in the 60-meter hurdles and two world championships in bobsleigh events.
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