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05/18/2021 9:37 AM
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Updated 05/18/2021 9:37 AM
“I was a bit unconscious.
But it was what came out.
I was hit a little bit, but we caught it ”, he tells
Clarín
Evangelina" Vanshi "Thomas.
The young woman talks about the odyssey she lived this Monday night in Trelew: she found a thief in her house and when she wanted to flee
she ran him, struggled with him and managed to get him arrested
.
The story would be more than so many of those who defend themselves for a robbery.
Except for one detail: "Vanshi" is the best athlete in Chubut,
current national champion of 800 meters
and in a few days she travels with the Argentine team to represent the country in the South American Athletics Championship.
He has already participated five times.
And he was also in two Olympic tournaments.
His cabinet is full of trophies.
Data that perhaps the lonely thief did not know.
The subject is 36 years old and has a rich medical record.
Police did not release the identity.
“I came from training on the athletic track.
When I got home I saw everything in a mess.
And right away I realized that this guy was there, "recalls the young woman.
The thief, lying on the floor, after being arrested by the young athlete and a group of neighbors.
Photo: Conference
And he continues: "He saw me, escaped through the window and started running. I already had a backpack of mine to carry with various electronic belongings such as
a cell phone and computers
. And then I started running it."
It took Vanshi barely two blocks to reach it.
It is not for less: their marks are 2.07 for the 800 and 4.22 for the 1,500.
“When I reached it, I managed to throw it on the floor.
He told me to give everything back to me and to let him go.
But he didn't want her to go away.
We started to struggle and he
managed to hit me in the face
.
Some boys came up and threw him on the floor.
Then the police came, "he details.
The house of “Vanshi” Thomas is located on AP Bell Street at the corner of Moreteau, in the Chubut city of Trelew.
It is located three blocks from the municipal athletics track where the young athlete trains every day.
Evangelina Thomas, after winning the gold medal at the South American games in Medellón in 2010. Photo: AP
“
Now cold I regret it
.
He shouldn't have reacted like that.
But it is the moment.
I noticed that the thief had a screwdriver on his waist.
But he never managed to take it.
It could have been very dangerous.
But I hope that now they leave him in prison for a while ”, added the athlete.
And smiling, he tells
Clarín
at the end of the talk: "I think he never told who was running".
Chubut. Correspondent.
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