Rower Alex Partridge and hockey player Hannah Macleod took to Twitter
to publicise the search for their missing Olympic bronze medals, which
disappeared while they were at a club in Mayfair, central London, in the
early hours of Wednesday.
Partridge, 31, said both his Olympic blazer and medal were stolen and asked for the items to be returned.
He and Team GB also tweeted a photograph of a man whom they believe may have information
about what happened.
Scotland Yard said it was looking into reports of a stolen Olympic medal and blazer from a venue in Mayfair.
“It was believed the items were taken between midnight and 5am on
Wednesday, October 24,” the spokesman said, adding that no arrests have
been made.
Macleod, 28, also said on Twitter that she was “devastated” after her
medal was taken at the same time but Scotland Yard said it had not yet
been informed about the second missing medal.
“I’m not after punishment. If you picked up a Bronze Olympic medal
that isn’t yours pls just send anonymously back to GB hockey-Bisham
Abbey,” Macleod wrote.
Partridge and Macleod were among British Olympic and Paralympic stars
who attended a Buckingham Palace reception on Tuesday at which Prime
Minister David Cameron and London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe were also
present.
