US Olympian Lolo Jones accuses USOPC, USA Bobsled for 'nearly paralyzing' her over mistreated injuries

U.S. Olympian and satellite champion way prima and bobsledder Lolo Jones says the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and USA Bobsled "risk[ed] imperishable paralysis" aft mistreating her superior backmost injuries, which she competed with.

Jones broke a year-plus-long hiatus connected X to stock a communicative from Zielhaus that she "couldn't speech about," which explained her injuries, deficiency of attraction and eventual suspension from the Olympic Training Center.

The portion said Jones broke her backmost during a "race-off for the USA 1 brakewoman seat" successful Lake Placid, New York, "days earlier the 2025 World Championships." Jones suffered "brutal lower-back pain, numbness, limb instability, ft drop, nonaccomplishment of bladder control."

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Elana Taylor Meyers and Lolo Jones of the United States vie during vigor 1 of the two-woman bobsleigh astatine the 2025 IBSF World Championships astatine Mt Van Hoevenberg successful Lake Placid, N.Y., connected March 14, 2025. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Jones past had a massage scheduled with the Olympic Training Center's trainer, but the assignment was "canceled" by John Faltus, a "top authoritative astatine the USOPC aesculapian clinic," due to the fact that Jones was "only entitled to 1 massage per week and had already received 1 that week," the portion said.

"I was ne'er adjacent fixed an X-ray oregon an MRI. I wasn’t adjacent allowed to usage the crystal bath to numb the pain. I did not adjacent cognize my spine was earnestly injured. I conscionable knew I was successful pain," Jones said successful an X post.

Jones aboriginal raced successful the World Championships with what was aboriginal diagnosed arsenic a herniated disc with a disc bulge and tears successful her L3, L4 and L5 vertebrae. She besides had spinal fluid leaking out.

But she says she avoided a life-altering mishap, saying the organizations "nearly paralyzed me."

Lolo Jones speaks onstage astatine the USA House astatine Paris 2024 connected Aug. 9, 2024, successful Paris, France. (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)

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"Had my aviator deed a wall. I would beryllium paralyzed today. USOPC and USA bobsled enactment maine astatine large hazard and past penalized maine for the wounded that they gave maine investigating bobsled for squad USA," Jones said.

Jones was aboriginal banned from the grooming center, and has since spent $100,000 connected aesculapian and grooming expenses, according to the Zielhaus piece.

According to the outlet, the USOPC "acknowledged that... Jones was wrongly denied aesculapian attraction astatine the Olympic Training Center." Neither the USOPC nor USA Bobsled instantly responded to an email from Fox News Digital.

"They stripped my rights, wholly destroyed me, and nary 1 was held accountable. Finally, the information is getting out," Jones said successful different X post.

"I retrieve limping by the sports med country each day, incapable to spell inside. Millions successful instrumentality and funds are donated specifically to assistance Olympic athletes rehabilitate, but John Faltus canceled my assignment and locked maine retired The worst part? USA Bobsled and the USOPC enactment maine backmost successful a bobsled without ever ordering an MRI oregon decently evaluating my injury, risking imperishable paralysis," she said successful another.

Lolo Jones of the USA Bobsled squad poses successful the Olympic Park during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics connected Feb. 20, 2014, successful Sochi, Russia. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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Jones ne'er medaled successful the Olympics but won 2 World Indoor Championships successful the 60-meter hurdles and 2 World Championships successful bobsleigh events.

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