Three women’s volleyball Olympic medals were stolen in a burglary at a Southern California home, police say.
LOS ANGELES — Three women’s volleyball Olympic medals were stolen in a burglary at a Southern California home, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.
The medals were the gold the team won at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, the silver won in the 2012 London Games and the bronze won in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, the sheriff’s department said in aThree Olympic medals awarded to a U.S. women's volleyball athlete were stolen from a home in Laguna Hills, Calif., on Oct. 29.They were in a safe that was stolen the night of Oct.
The sheriff’s department did not identify the athlete. Department spokesperson Carrie Braun said investigators are working with USA Volleyball and that organization is working with the athlete.It’s the second time this year that a women’s volleyball Olympic medal has been stolen in Orange County, which is south of Los Angeles.
In the earlier case, starting setter Jordyn Poulter’s 2020 Games gold medal was stolen from her car in Anaheim in May. The medal
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