Athlete's gold medal stolen
Isle of Wight's Kelly Sotherton has appealed for help in tracking down her Commonwealth gold medal after it was stolen in a burglary.
The former Great Britain heptathlete had the medal she won in Melbourne in 2006, the only major championship gold of her career, stolen.
The 38-year-old said on Twitter: ''Been burgled...one thing stolen was my commonwealth gold medal from Melbourne 2006... PLEASE RT HELP ME FIND IT.''
Sotherton won bronze at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and the World Championships in Osaka in 2007.
Below is the picture she tweeted alongside her plea.
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