Stolen Olympic gold returned

An Olympic gold medal won by Australian swimming legend John Konrads in 1960 has been returned to its rightful owner 25 years after it was stolen,police said on Tuesday. The 1500 metre freestyle medal from the Rome Olympics and 15 other medals,taken from Konrads Melbourne home in 1984,were found after a woman tried to sell them on the Internet to a US sports enthusiast,police said.

The US collector contacted Konrads to check if he was aware of the sale and the swimmer then called police,who seized the medals in the regional city of Geelong before they were shipped overseas. The woman told police she bought the medals 10 years ago at a bric-a-brac sale in Brisbane,and thought they were fakes with little or no value. Melbournes Age reported the medals were worth more than $86,000.