2008
15
Sep
Member of the Other Olympic Relay Team Had Gold Medal Stolen In Philadelphia
Filed under: Americas
While authorities still check to see if Tatum Bell has taken a job with the TSA, one Olympian sits waiting for his gold medal to be returned after it was snagged from his backpack.
Brendan Hansen, member of the the 4×100 medley relay with Michael Phelps, had his gold medal in his backpack in Philadelphia but after arriving in Austin, Texas, couldn’t locate it.
Hansen told authorities that he knows the medal at Philadelphia International Airport, when a TSA official checked his backpack.It’s not clear whether the medal went missing in Philadelphia, Nashville or Austin. Police said they are trying to determine whether Hansen took the medal out on the plane or whether it might have been stolen.
See, this is exactly why I insist that athletes always wear the medal around their necks, like Phil Mickelson did with his first green jacket in 2004. No matter the situation, a gold medal goes with anything, even this.
Update: Looks like they found the medal. Convenient.