Australian BMX star reveals he was robbed just days before he’s set to compete

An Australian BMX star has revealed the ‘crazy’ way his Paris trip began.

An Australian BMX star has been robbed after his car was broken into just days before he’s set to compete.

Logan Martin, 30, revealed his personal items had been stolen from a van in Brussels, Belgiumin this week in a video posted to Instagram on Wednesday.

The footage shows the van’s windows had been smashed in.

The athlete confirmed his bikes were safe and had not been touched in the ordeal.

Olympic champion Logan Martin has had his preparation for Paris rocked by a smash and grab with thieves raiding his team van.

Logan Martin revealed his personal items had been stolen in videos posted to Instagram, showing the smashed up van his things had been in.However the 30-year-old confirmed that his bikes were safe in the ordeal.“Our van got broken into last night,” he said.“Luckily my bikes weren’t in there, although my bike bags were in there with some things in it.

“Our van got broken into last night,” he said.

“Luckily my bikes weren’t in there, although my bike bags were in there with some things in it.

“Crazy start to the trip.”

Martin said most of his things were in his room, but he lost his wallet, backpack and a few other items in the incident.

“Luckily most of our stuff was in our room and we managed to recover a lot of it too,” he said.

“I lost my wallet, backpack and a few other things but overall it didn’t end up being too bad.

“It’s unfortunate when people feel the need to do things like this.”

The Olympian shared another video revealing the moment he found more of the stolen items, which had been dumped and strewn across a park.

“Thank god for bag tags — we found our bags,” he said.

Australia’s chef de mission Anna Meares said they’re working to replace the stolen items, including helmets and boots.

“It was unfortunate that the car was broken into. What we do know is that Logan’s bikes are OK,” she said.

“As you can appreciate, having sporting equipment, you potentially lose it this close to a competition can be quite stressful, (but) his bikes are fine.”

An Australian BMX star has been robbed after his car was broken into just days before he’s set to compete.

Logan Martin confirmed his bikes were safe and had not been touched in the ordeal. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

It comes after Australian Olympians were warned against wearing their team uniforms outside the Olympic village following the alleged gang rape of an Australian woman in Paris and the alleged attack of two Nine Olympics broadcasters.

French media reported a woman, 25, was found disoriented and unable to speak French outside a kebab shop on Boulevard de Clichy in Paris’ 18th arrondissement about 5am on Saturday, just metres from Moulin Rouge.

On Monday two Nine broadcasters were also reportedly attacked during an attempted robbery in Paris.

A group of people attempted to steal one of their backpacks on Monday afternoon in the municipality of Le Bourget, northeast of Paris, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

It’s understood the incident was physical but did not involve any weapons.

Ms Meares encouraged Olympians not to wear their green and gold uniforms outside of the village following the incidents.

“It is based on the security advice that we’ve received and just ensuring the safety of our athletes,” she said.

The advice is reportedly precautionary, emphasising organisers want to ensure everyone “stays safe and comes home safe”.

“Information we’re passing on to our athletes is that security presence is really really high and that’s in order for them to be able to act as quickly as possible to keep them safe,” she said.

“We don’t yet have any feedback from our athletes that they have felt unsafe.

“We’ve got a huge contingency of family and friends coming … we just want to make sure that everyone stays safe and comes home safe.”