The Challenge
Since its introduction in 1998 , MTV’sThe Challengeseems to get more acute each yr . This time of year , dubbedThe Challenge : Double Agents , is no elision . The cast of MTV veterans and rookies contains some telling challenger , and one of the most intimidating has to be Lolo Jones . The bona fide Olympian has celebrate a relatively low profile in the game so far , but her strength and determination have not gone unnoticed . If the previews are to be believe , Lolo is just getting started .
Although bill as a rookie , Lolo Jones has been onThe Challengebefore . She competed inThe Challenge : Champs vs. Prosmini - serial for a grand loot of $ 50,000 donate to a charity of her pick . Although Lolo fought hard for the Hurdles of Hope program ( part of her Lolo Jones Foundation ) , she was ultimately pass in episode six . This time of year , Lolo paired up Nam Vo ofUltimate Beastmasterat the start of the competition , and the two have managed to stay team up throughout the game so far , unlike several otherteams that have been infiltrate and split up . Lolo and Nam have not won any challenge yet and neither has entered the ring to get a gold skull to allow them to die hard T.J. Lavin ’s concluding . However , The Challengeis a endurance contest , not a sprint , and the track and subject area jock should n’t be count out .
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The 38 - year - quondam Iowa native is best known for her accomplishment in the mutant world . The 11 - time All - American hurdler has contend and won medals in many competition , but most notable was her time on the US Olympian team . In 2008 , Lolo ran the 100 - meter hurdle at the Beijing Olympics and fare in seventh . In 2012 , she came in fourth in the same event at the London Olympics . Lolo was set to go to the 2020 Olympics , but , unfortunately , due to the coronavirus , the games were cancel . However , Lolo Jones is one of only 10 Team USA athletes to contend in both summertime and winter Olympic sports , according toTeam USA , and she has plans to join the team in 2022 at the Winter Olympics in Beijing . Take a smell at Lolo stretch it out , perhaps before a big competition , below :
Aside from her telling accomplishments as an jock , Lolo also has experience on the reality TV circuit . In addition to her least sandpiper onThe Challenge : Champs vs. Pros , Lolo competed onDancing With The Starsseason 19 . alas , she was the first to be rid of . She also come along onCelebrity Big Brother 2 , where she made it to the final four . The Challenge : dual Agentsis five episodes in , and Lolo is still holding strong . So far , she and teammate Nam have stuck to the middle of the coterie and have ride out out of any drama that might put them at risk of exposure . But previews of the next episode tease a opposition between Lolo and veteran player Theresa , and a challenge featuring a “ grueling five nautical mile wash ” that should bring to Lolo ’s strengths as a cut and field jock .
There ’s no doubt Lolo is one of the most physically capablecompetitors onThe Challenge : Double Agentsthis season , and it looks like she ’s ready to pluck up the stride and head to the front of the pack . Perhaps this will be the workweek that the Olympian finally secures a Au skull .
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The Challengeairs Wednesdays at 8 pm ET on MTV .
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