Police have stepped in help cycling sensation Lizzie Armitstead find the lucky Oakley Lifestyle Sunglasees she lost clinching silver for Team GB.
The 23-year-old dropped her shades as she battled for just a courageous second set up Sunday's 140 km road race.
The British weather need to take a fair share from the blame as the Yorkshire flier was forced to lift the two of
from her eyes permit her to view throughout the driving rain.
Some time next they tumbled onto the street behind.
After hearing about the shedding with the shades, Surrey Police are actually assisting to relocate the athlete's lucky charm before she competes again, in Wednesday's time trial event.
The force today made an appeal on Twitter in the hope of reaching whoever one of several thousands of supporters along the way and also require picked them up.
Lost: 1 pair lucky Cheap oakley sunglasses on sale. Owner: @l_armitstead. If found, pls hand them in. She'd like it well for the #TimeTrial on Weds...
FROM @SURREYPOLICE ON TWITTER: (12:27 pm, Mon 30 Jul 2012)
The race left London and powered its way through Surrey before time for the main town for your thrilling sprint finish about the Mall.
"Lost: 1 pair lucky Cheap oakley sunglasses for sale. Owner @L-ArmiTstead," read the police's post.
"If found, pls hand them in. She'd like them back with the time trial on Weds."
From the wake of her heroics within the The Mall, Armitstead was sanguine around the loss.
"I hate racing inside heat," she said yesterday.
"The harsher the stipulations the greater for me.
"I have already been praying for rain, specially when we had been within the breakaway for you was a real downpour.
"The break had more potential for working in those conditions. I couldn't see together with to look at my glasses off and lost my lucky
, but let alone."
Armitstead's agent today confirmed that the missing shades had yet to materialise.
But she stressed how the manufacturer had provided a better pair.
Whether prove as lucky remains to be seen.
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