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Athlete heading to Paris 2024 Olympics suffers equipment and documents theft
Logan Martin, the last gold medalist in Tokyo, showed the damage suffered in a video posted on social media.
Logan Martin competing in the 2024 Olympic Games Qualifiers in June. (Photo Prensa Libre: EFE)
Los Paris Olympicswhich will be held from July 24 to August 11, began with some problems for the world’s best athletes. The Argentine team experienced a scandal in its defeat against Morocco.
The road to defending his Olympic BMX freestyle gold has started with difficulties, after the Australian Logan Martin suffered a robbery in his van and material and documentation disappeared on July 24th.
“What a crazy start to the trip!” Logan reacted in a message on his social networks on Wednesday in which he sawand the passenger side window is broken already a member of the Australian delegation speaking with police.
“We were robbed in the van last night. Fortunately my bikes were not inside, although my bags with some things were,” explained the athlete, who won gold in Tokyo in 2021, beating Venezuelan Daniel Dhers, silver.
The incident, in which her wallet was also stolen, It happened in Brusselswhere the Australian team has been training before travelling to Paris on Wednesday.
The newspaper of Australia, The Sydney Morning Timesreported that part of the stolen materials, which included a massage table and a helmet, They were able to be located thanks to a tracking device placed in their luggage..
The head of the delegation from that country, Anna Mearessaid the team of Logan Martin works alongside the Olympic Committee from his nation to replace the missing items in the shortest possible time. The 30-year-old cyclist expressed that most of the things were in his room and stated: “It is unfortunate that people feel the need to do things like this”.
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