Two British Olympic stars have had their medals stolen during a night out after leaving a Buckingham Palace reception with Queen Elizabeth II to honour London’s 2012 athletes.
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 who 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 5 a.m. 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 Olympic and Paralympic stars who went to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday at a reception with Prince Philip, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prime Minister David Cameron and London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe.
Olympic medals 'stolen' from two British athletes
