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Konrads' gold medal returned

Associated Press

Monday, September 21, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Olympic swimming champion John Konrads has had his 1960 gold medal returned 25 years after it was stolen from his home. Konrads was tipped off by an American collector who bought a collection of medals, including the Olympic 1,500-meters gold medal, on an Internet auction site and wanted to know why they were being sold, the Australian Associated Press reported Tuesday. It was among 16 medals stolen from Konrads' Melbourne home in 1984. He contacted Victoria state polic ...

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