Medal Collection Stolen from China's Sui Lu, Recovered by Police

Medal Collection Stolen from China's Sui Lu, Recovered by Police

Sui Lu, one of China's gymnastics greats, was the victim of a robbery to her Hunan Province home in late September, reported by The Global Times.

Oct 10, 2016 by Rebecca Johnson
Medal Collection Stolen from China's Sui Lu, Recovered by Police
Sui Lu, one of China's gymnastics greats, was the victim of a robbery to her Hunan Province home in late September, reported by The Global Times

Among the items stolen from her home was her gymnastics medal collection. Of the 17 medals, ranging from gold to bronze, one was Sui's Olympic silver medal from beam finals at the 2012 London Games.

Fortunately, the three suspects were caught by police in South China on October 3.

Sui posted on Sina Weibo--a Chinese microblogging website--after the incident.
 
Thieves visited my home…but most importantly is that they took the medals I won over the years.

According to the police in the city of Zhuzhou, the thieves didn't think the medals were valuable, and the police were able to recover them. Deputy captain Li Shengwen of Zhuzhou's Hetang district said,

They just thought the medals were worthless...so they did not do anything with them.

After a frightening experience, it is surely a big relief for Sui to have all the medals back in her hands.