You’d think becoming an Olympic athlete would be one of the hardest things you could ever accomplish, but not according to Lolo Jones! The 29-year-old Olympic hurdling star says there’s something that she deals with everyday that doesn’t even compare: holding on to her virginity!
In an interview with HBO’s “Real Sports,” the U.S. Olympian revealed that she is a virgin and is saving herself for marriage.
“It’s just something, a gift that I want to give to my husband,” she said. “But please understand this journey has been hard. If there’s virgins out there, I just want to let them know, it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Harder than training for the Olympics, harder than graduating from college, has been to stay a virgin before marriage.”
She told HBO’s Mary Carillo that finding dates hasn’t been the difficult part (I mean come on, look at the girl!), it’s more about trying to get people to understand and respect her decision.
“I hate talking about it but hate people saying they can’t understand why I’ve been single so long,” she tweeted Tuesday.
She also turns to Twitter to find dates! Jones said that she’s tried every online dating site, but Twitter works best. “I’m waiting for the day where somebody totally tricks me with their Twitter picture. Like they’re using an Abercrombie model and I show up on the date with somebody from The Biggest Loser.”
Someone should just set her up with Tebow already!!
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