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Lolo Jones, Olympic hurdler, is going to be on Big Brother

Three-time Olympian Lolo Jones is going to be on Celebrity Big Brother Season 2

Lolo Jones has been named to the cast of Celebrity Big Brother Season 2 which premiers next Monday on CBS. She will be joined by Ryan Lochte, the second most decorated Olympic swimmer of all time. 

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Jones is a summer and winter Olympian. The track athlete was primarily a 100m hurdler and is an Olympic and World Championship finalist and a multi-time Diamond League winner. 

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Big Brother has contestants live in a house together and compete for the grand prize of $500,000. 

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After briefly retiring from professional track and field, Jones joined the American bobsled team, where she went on to make the Sochi Olympics in the two-man bobsled. She didn’t make the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympic team, but seems to be moving back to the track, reportedly targeting the 2020 summer Olympic games. 

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