Suzy Favor Hamilton, 3-time U.S. Olympian, exposed as Las Vegas escort

Suzy Favor Hamilton of the U.S. in action on August 4, 2001 during the first round qualification of the women's 1500m during the second day of the 8th IAAF World Athletic Championships in Edmonton Canada. / Getty/Andy Lyons/ALLSPORT

Three-time Olympic runner Suzy Favor Hamilton is probably best known for collapsing in the 1,500-meters during the 2000 Sydney Games and outrunning a chainsaw-wielding intruder in a controversial Nike commercial.

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U.S. Olympian exposed as Vegas escort

Since retiring from competitive running, Favor Hamilton started a family and has worked as a motivational speaker. According to The Smoking Gun, she has also been working as a call girl in Las Vegas.

The Smoking Gun reported that the former Olympian has been working under the alias "Kelly Lundy" at Haley Heston's Private Collection escort service in Sin City.

Her profile has been taken down from the escort agency site but it showed that she charged $600 an hour for her services.

The 44-year-old Favor Hamilton has since acknowledged the report on Twitter.

"I was drawn to escorting in large part because it provided many coping mechanisms for me when I was going through a very challenging time with my marriage and my life," she wrote on her Twitter account. "It provided an escape from a life that I was struggling in. It was a double life."

She added that her decision to be an escort was "very much related to depression" and apologized for hurting her loved ones.

I cannot emphasize enough how sorry I am to anyone I have hurt as a result of my actions and greatly appreciate the support from family

— Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) December 20, 2012

Favor Hamilton competed for the U.S. at the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000 but did not win a medal. The middle-distance runner won seven U.S. national titles.

[NLIASON]

Look, bottom line here is most men would tap that in a minute. I mean come on, what she does is her business, but I don't see the $600 per hour. Maybe $25 per hour, or just as most of us do, a medium priced dinner, a few glasses of wine, the the deed is done. Before I get any hate mail, I am talking a MEDIUM priced dinner (Golden Corral type of place). Now if she was 20 years younger (say 22) maybe a very nice steak house followed by a movie. Might even add a tip if she was younger, but still, are we really looking at a $600 per hour ride?

[bradkt1]

This nonsense about not outing the John who outed her tells me that she's not entirely undecided about leaving her "profession." Otherwise, it wouldn't matter. Her price probably just quadrupled. There are some men and women out there who would want to sleep with an ex-Olympian. Apparently, her husband knew and didn't leave her and she didn't do it for the money. She told the reporter who confronted her that she thought it was "exciting."

This does not sound like it was a matter of economic necessity. This sounds like it was a matter of choice.

Maybe she has found something that she is good at and decided to stick with it.

[SvenErlandson]

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[rwk2012]

Interesting solution to problems at home. Wonder what she told the babysitter when she went to work.

[rwsmith29456]

Olympic athletes receive no support. She couldn't make $600/hr at Burger Jerk.

[Bush-cheney-R-Terrorists]

She has nothing to apologize for. I hope business is better than ever for her now.

[FormerUSMCSergeant]

Her husband knew what was going on - tried to get her to stop, she says.
He's as *'d up as she is.

[HoustonWeHaveaProblem]

Now this is what I call "living life in the fast lane"!

[john92021]

To make $600 hr you need to be either a lawyer or "escort". at lest the escort works for a living.

[Type_Z]

What a crock. Apparently you have been lucky enough to know the few good attorneys that exist. I do.

[closethippy1]

Escorts and prostitutes are the worst, the WORST AND THE MOST DISHONEST PEOPLE AND THE BIGGEST MOTHERF'RS EVER!!!!

They should be done away with just like Hitler got rid of gypsy trash. If there's one group of people that need to be exterminated for good it's prostitutes!!!

Burn them all alive!!! Burn them alive and REJOICE AT THE SIGHT OF THEIR MELTING SKIN!!!

[john92021]

nothing more pious than a reformed hooker.

[pedalit]

stay in the closet