{"id":17110,"date":"2014-06-26T16:45:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T08:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=17110"},"modified":"2014-06-26T15:47:52","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T07:47:52","slug":"curlers-2014-olympic-ring-stolen-during-visit-to-rural-alberta-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/26\/curlers-2014-olympic-ring-stolen-during-visit-to-rural-alberta-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Curler\u2019s 2014 Olympic ring stolen during visit to rural Alberta town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brad Jacobs. Photo by Katarzyna Wicik \/ Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BOYLE, Alta.\u2014A member of the Canadian men\u2019s curling team that won gold at the Sochi 2014 Olympics has had his champion ring stolen.<\/p>\n

Mounties say the ring belonging to Brad Jacobs was stolen from a motel room in Boyle, Alta., on either June 20 or June 21.<\/p>\n

Jacobs was taking part in a charity golf tournament in Boyle at the time of the theft.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something I was hoping to keep forever and pass down to my kids one day,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt symbolizes that we are Olympic Champions. It\u2019s something we could wear every day if we wanted to (or) for special occasions. It\u2019s something that people love to see and something that we love to wear.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd being the only guy on the team now without an Olympic Championship ring just sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ring has a square face that is curved around the edges and has the Olympic rings in the centre.<\/p>\n

The face of the ring is inscribed with the words \u201cOlympic Champions 2014\u201d and on the inside engraved with \u201cBrad Jacobs Skip.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you going to do with that thing? It\u2019s got my name on it,\u201d said Jacobs. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a very specific ring to curling and us, so I don\u2019t know what you could do with something like that, how you would get money for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust give it back. Everything else? Keep my watch, keep my bracelet, keep my cellphone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boyle is about 150 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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