A British Paralympian who went missing in Las Vegas has been found safe, police in the USA have confirmed.
Sam Ruddock, from Rugby in Warwickshire, was reported missing by friends and family after he was last heard from on 16 April.
He had travelled to the US on 13 April to watch a Wrestlemania event, with his disappearance reported to Las Vegas police on 24 April.
A statement from the force said Ruddock, who has competed in shot put, cycling and sprinting, had been “located safe”.
His friend Lucy Hatton had described his disappearance as “really, really out of character” and that she and his family were desperate for information.
Posting on social media on Monday evening, she celebrated that he had been found.
