JUST ONE DAY AWAY. JOINING US
NOW IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ALL
ABOUT THE PRESSURE IN
ANTICIPATION OF THIS HUGE
EVENT. LOLO JONES, 3 TIME
OLYMPIAN AND AUTHOR OF THE NEW
BOOK OVER AT ALSO ONE OF THE
VERY FEW PEOPLE HAS COMPETED
IN BOTH THE WINTER AND SUMMER
GAMES IN BOBSLEDDING AND
HURLING.
>> FOR TEAM USA. VERY COOL.
AND THAT WASNT ALL SHES ALSO
CO-HOSTING A DAILY SHOW ON
PEACOCK OWNED BY OUR PARENT
COMPANY. NBC UNIVERSAL. ITS
CALLED ON HER TURF AND IT WILL
HIGHLIGHT THE LIVING LEGENDS
AND RISING STARS OF THE
WOMENS SPORTS AT THE TOKYO
GAMES. WE CANT WAIT TO SEE
THAT LOW. WELCOME. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
ITS AN HONOR TO GET TO TALK
TO US. SOMEBODY WHO HAS DONE
THIS BEFORE QUITE A FEW TIMES.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT
THIS IS LIKE. THE ATHLETES
HEADING INTO OPENING
CEREMONIES. ITS SOMETHING
THAT THEYVE WORKED FOR THEIR
WHOLE LIVES. THIS PARTICULAR
YEAR. THEY HAD TO WAIT A YEAR
LONGER THAN THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE TO DO. WHAT
DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO THEIR
HEADS RIGHT NOW AS THE
OLYMPICS GET UNDERWAY.
>> I THINK THAT THEY DECIDED
THEY CAN BE. I MEAN, FOR YEARS
IS A LONG TIME TO WAIT 5
BEFORE YOUR COMPETITION YOU
KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS
OLYMPICS AND YEAR SIZES ARE
DEALING WITH VERY STRICT COVID
SO THAT THAT RETURNING TO THE
TO TAKE LONGER, TO GET INTO
WHAT BILL IT. ITS GOING TO BE
LONGER PROCESS. THEN YOU HAVE
CNNS THAT THERES GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY SILENT AS THEY
COMPETE AND THEN THEYRE NOT
GOING TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO
BE THERE FOR THEM THAT YOURE
THE MONITOR AFTER THEY COMPETE
OR TO CELEBRATE THEIR WINS
WITH SO THEYRE DOING WITH A
LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT A
NORMAL AND BUT SOME OF THEM
HAD HAVE HAD SEASONS. BUT HAVE
SEE OURSELVES. PREPARE FOR
THIS, WELL, I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT YOUR BOOK. YOU WRITE
ABOUT A CHALLENGING CHILDHOOD
RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER
FATHER WHO WAS IN PRISON
MOVING AROUND A LOT.
>> TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW THAT SHAPED YOU AS
AN ATHLETE AND AS A PERSON.
>> WELL, THIS COULD BE ONE
EXAMPLE WE WERE SO POOR LIGHT.
WE CAN EVEN AFFORD A CAR. SO I
HATED IT. WE HAD I HAD TO
LITERALLY WALK AROUND
EVERYWHERE. AND I WAS LIKE
JESUS. WISH MY FAMILY JUST YOU
KNOW, HAVE ENOUGH MONEY SO WE
CAN GET A CAR WITH LITTLE YOU
KNOW, ALL THOSE AND I GOT SO
TIRED OF WALKING THAT WAS JUST
RUN BECAUSE OF THE QUICKER TO
GET TO SCHOOL. THAT TURNED
INTO LIKE A BASE FOR ME COMING
AROUND THAT I WENT ON TO GET
STARTED AT LSU AND BECOMING ON
THE SOMETIMES OF THINGS WE
DONT LIKE OR ACTUALLY
BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE KNOW
WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE AND THAT,
OF COURSE, IS HOW MANY
AMERICANS KNOW YOU AND THE
TRACK AND FIELD ARENA HAS A
HURDLING START. THE 2008 2012
SUMMER GAMES THAT THEN.
>> IN 2014 YOU ALSO
PARTICIPATED IN THE WINTER
GAMES AS PART OF THE
BOBSLEDDING TEAM FIRST K.
HELLO. WOW. HOW COOL IS THAT.
BUT NOW YOURE ALSO PREPPING
FOR THE 20 TO 20 22 GAMES IN
BEIJING. TALK TO US JUST ABOUT
KIND OF HOW YOU MAKE THAT
SWITCH, HOW YOU PREPARE AND
ALSO HIGHER FEELING WITH THOSE
GAMES. NOW JUST OVER 6 MONTHS
AWAY.
>> I KNOW IM CURRENTLY NEW
RETURNING PLACID, NEW YORK.
AND ITS ONLY BECAUSE THE
OLYMPICS ARE BACK TO THERE.
KNOW, 6 MONTHS SUMMER GAMES.
AND THATS WHY WE DECIDE WHERE
TO LOOK. BECAUSE I WANTED TO
COMPETE BECAUSE 30 POUNDS FOR
BOBSLED. SO THERE WAS NO WAY I
COULD BUILD. AND THEN THE BOSS
OF THE SAME SO US. LOOK A
LITTLE BIT. BUT THEN IT GOT
VERY TO BASICALLY JUST HAVE TO
PUT A LOT OF POWER ON AND
TRACK IN BENITA BE FASTER. SO
IT JUST KIND OF MORE FOR MY
BODY A LINEBACKER LIKE A WIDE
RECEIVER FOR TRY TO LIVE CAR
PRESIDENT CAN DO THAT 6 MONTHS
HERE I WOULD HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLY INCREDIBLY WHAT WE
ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
SHOW. YOURE HOSTING ON
PEACOCK, WHICH IS OF COURSE,
PART OF OUR FAMILY HERE. WHAT
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT.
IM SO EXCITED. KNOW PEOPLE
KNOW THAT 50% OF THE MEDALS
THAT WILL BE ONE OF OLYMPICS
GAMES WILL BE DONE BY DOING IS
WILLING TO GIVE THEM A
SPOTLIGHT. SHOW THE YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY THEN THE GREATS LIKE
SIMONE BILES OUT BE THAT. WE
ALSO WANT TO TELL THOSE
UNKNOWN STORY. THAT THAT YOU
DONT REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT
THE SPORT THAT YOU DONT KNOW
MUCH ABOUT. THERES A WHOLE
NEW WAVE OF NEW SPORTS. WE
HAVE SURFING SKATEBOARDING. SO
WERE JUST GOING TO REALLY PUT
A HIGHLIGHT ON SOME OF THOSE
THINGS GET YOU ACQUAINTED WITH
SOME NEW
>> WELL, THAT IS SO INCREDIBLE
AND WE ARE JUST I MEAN, ITS
AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU ON THE
SHOW WERE SO IMPRESSED BY YOU
AND WE CANT WAIT TO WATCH
YOUR NEW AND JUST FOLLOW
EVERYTHING YOURE DOING
LISTENING TO YOU ALL MY
CONTENT, SOME APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO ALL RIGHT. NOW,