By Hayli Goode | BSU at the Games

After seven months with the U.S. bobsled team, Lolo Jones received a check for $741.84 for living expenses.

And she was not quiet about her feelings on the amount.

Lolo Jones
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Last June, Jones posted a Vine video showing the amount of the check and warning her landlord that she would be late on rent.

Steven Holcomb, a driver for the U.S. men’s bobsled team and a 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics gold medalist, told USA Today that the Jones' video “wasn’t taken too well.”

“The way it comes across to a lot of athletes here was kind of snobby because she’s one of the most well-known athletes in the world and she’s making pretty good money on endorsements,” he said.

At a news conference later, Jones chalked the notoriety of the post up to the nature of social media, saying comments can be transformed into “whatever people want to make it.” She was not willing to discuss more.

Jones has never won an Olympic medal, but not for lack of effort.

In the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Jones participated in the 100-meter hurdles track and field event and was a favorite to win until she tipped the ninth out of 10 hurdles and took seventh place.

Now Jones has switched seasons and has gotten a spot on Team USA for bobsledding. If she medals at the Sochi Winter Olympics, she has the chance to earn $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. The money, however, is considered earned income abroad and can be taxed up to $10,000.

Jones will compete and ascertain her medal — and financial — fate on Feb. 17.

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