At the time, Lolo Jones probably considered this way too tall an order coming from a tweeter who still doesn’t even have 3,000 followers:
The Olympic hurdler and bobsledder has made headlines with some controversial tweets recently, but in general she is one of the most social media-friendly athletes.
Recently, Jones accepted a challenge from one of her 360,000 followers — should this student, a 21-year-old named Bubby Lyles tally 150,000 retweets for one of his tweets, Jones would go on a date with him.
Jones was told she’d be kept updated on the number of re-tweets Lyles was getting:
@harrylylesjr ok. I'll be waiting
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) June 20, 2013
Then there were a couple of updates on Lyles’ re-tweet progress:
@harrylylesjr I heard you are at 48k RT's…
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) June 27, 2013
https://twitter.com/TheTexasAshley/status/351105871708827648
Guess where it stands now? Check out the number of re-tweets of Lyles’ original tweet:
https://twitter.com/harrylylesjr/statuses/347759212274794496
Goal of 150,000 re-tweets eclipsed!
@harrylylesjr 2x Olympic champ @elsupersanchez ran down to the dining hall and told me the news. I cant wait to go out on our date!
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) July 5, 2013
https://twitter.com/harrylylesjr/status/352970501590757376
From the sound of things, from Jones’ perspective, a promise is a promise:
I drool on myself mid interview. If he still wants a date… RT @Flotrack: Lolo Accepts Twitter Date w @harrylylesjr http://t.co/M2vqUhgLnP
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) July 5, 2013
Twitchy wishes them all the best on their date, and offers Jones three cheers for kept promises!
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