Lolo Jones Appears to Forget to Brake at the End of Her Team's Run

This does not look good for Lolo Jones. A lot of criticism has been thrown out over Lolo Jones being chosen to represent the U.S. at the Winter Games in Sochi including claims that her selection was due more to her notoriety than skill.

After watching this run it appears that could very well be the case.

via Business Insider

Her job essentially comes down to two things: (1) get the sled off to a fast start; something a sprinter should be good at, and (2) put on the brakes so the sled doesn't crash. From the looks of this clip it appears that her teammate--Jazmine Fenlator--had to tell her to brake before they crashed in to the wall at the end of the track.

A member of the men's team blasted Jones on Twitter claiming for a sub-par performance:

Absolutely no doubt that @KatieEberling would have done better for USA3. Hope the marketing dollars were worth it. #merit #Olympics2014
— Chuck Berkeley (@ChuckBerkeley) February 18, 2014

While it was not something a teammate should do publicly after seeing Jones fail to do her job to the point where she had to be reminded to it is kind of hard to argue with him.

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