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Autographed Usain Bolt running shoes worth £20,000 stolen

Popular culture
7 May, 2014

Usain Bolt vowed to make it up to a fan after a framed pair of running spikes signed by the Olympic champion, were stolen from an industrial site on Gloucester Road, Croydon.

Bolt tweeted the about the incident saying:

I know u love me..but please why u had to go stealing that signed Usain Bolt spikes in Croydon, England..I know u going to return it. Right?




The orange Puma shoes were worn by Bolt in his 2009 record setting 100m dash and are estimated to be worth about £20,000. The shoes which were framed with a photo of the six-time Olympic gold medallist were won at a Sotheby’s sporting memorabilia auction in November 2012.

Usain tweeted a picture of himself signing a new pair of shoes with a promise to make up for the loss.

Only natural I sign sum spikes after one of my overly excited fan stole that one..FedEx straight to London later pic.twitter.com/j6brJuT1E5

— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) May 6, 2014

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