ATLANTA (AP) — Two men have been arrested after skis and other equipment belonging to a U.S. National Ski Team member were stolen in Atlanta, police said.
Loeb and his supporters have begged the thieves who stole his device to return it, saying the $1,600 skis give him the most productive chance imaginable to qualify for the Winter Olympics starting Feb. 4 in Beijing.
The skis — along with U.S. ski team bags, a uniform, her helmet and other gear — were stolen from her mother’s pickup truck in a parking deck off Peachtree Street on Dec. 15, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
The men were arrested Tuesday and charged with criminal trespass and entering an automobile with the intend to steal.
Loeb is now waiting for Atlanta investigators to tell him if the specially made skis have been recovered, the newspaper reported.
Loeb, a 20-year-old former gymnast, has been a member of the national ski team for two years and competes in freestyle competitions.
His hometown is listed as Pintlala, Alabama, a small network near Montgomery, according to his biography on the U. S. ski team’s website. USA She competed with an elite gymnastics team on the outskirts of Dallas when she became interested in aerial skiing through a friend. .