Olympian Lolo Jones says being a 40-year-old virgin has killed her love life — now she's turning to IVF to become a mom

• Track star Lolo Jones said being a virgin at 40 has killed her love life.
• Jones previously said her virginity was "a gift I want to give my husband."

Olympian Lolo Jones revealed that being a virgin at the age of 40 has killed her love life.

Jones — a champion hurdler and bobsledder who is among the few athletes to compete in both the winter and summer Olympics — has been vocal about her virginity for years.

The star athlete told the Daily Mail that she's now turning to IVF as she hopes to become a mother one day. Jones has been candid about her fertility journey on Instagram, documenting what it's like to freeze your eggs.

Jones first publicly discussed her virginity in a 2012 interview on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel."

The Olympian called her virginity a "gift I want to give to my husband" but said the decision had not been an easy one.

"There's virgins out there, I'm gonna let them know, it's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life," she said. "Harder than training for the Olympics, harder than graduating from college, has been to stay a virgin before marriage."

But eight years later, during a January 2020 interview with Kevin Hart on his "Cold as Balls" series, Jones said being so candid about her virginity was a "mistake."

"That killed all my dates after that,"she added. "Before, at least I had a chance. Before, I'd like, tiptoe. 'Okay, when's a good time to tell him? Do I wait until he sees my personality a little bit? Or do I just drop the bomb?'"

Jones told Hart that she believed being a virgin had also put her at a "disadvantage" in sports.

"Having sex actually helps you as an athlete, a female athlete," she said. "So I'm running at a disadvantage."

While Jones has had an impressive career that includes three Olympic appearances, she told the Daily Mail that she's now focusing on the "peaceful" things in her life.

"Right now I'm currently gardening," she said. "I know it seems super weird, but I'm just trying to do things that are peaceful. I tell everybody I'm on a day-by-day plan."

"I'm on the Tom Brady retirement plan before he actually retired," she added.