On Friday, Lolo Jones place third in the 100 meter hurdles while Usain Bolt cruised to victory with 10.05 seconds at the IAAF World Challenge Ostrava Golden Spike meeting.
It was Jones' first lost and Bolt's first victory ahead of the 2012 Olympics games and in Bolt's case, he sounded disappointed despite winning.
"It's hard to explain. I don't really know what went wrong. At the start I didn't feel explosive as I normally feel like," Bolt said according to AP. Bolt failed to improve his season's best of 9.82 seconds, a time he recorded in Jamaica this month.
Jones on the other hand finished with 12.95 seconds. Her time was posted via a tweet on Twitter:
"@SITimLayden to save ya on research time it 12.95. I can only laugh. It's my first race. To be expected. I have 6 more in the next 2 weeks."
Apparently, Jones was pretty satisfied with her 3rd position and took advantage to poke some fun on twitter:
"Happy with my first race in Top Three. I shouldn't have helped Super Woman catch villains late last night... perhaps, I would've ran better."
The female hurdler's popularity soared after shows aired this week by ESPN and HBO spoke about her virginity and about how hard it was for Jones to abstain from sexual relationships.
She will be competing in Oregon in late June in order to qualify for London's Olympics.
Scroll down for Usain Bolt's 100m race video at Ostrava (IAAF May 25, 2012 World Challenge).
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