An Austrian triathlete survived a horrific kidnapping ordeal after she managed to sweet talk her abductor into letting her go.
Nathalie Birli, 27, had been on her way to training in Kumberg, southern Austria on Tuesday when she was hit by a red delivery van.
A man got out and beat her with a stick, bound her hands with duct tape and bundled her into the back of the vehicle.
Ms Birli, who has a 14-week-old son, was left with a broken arm and a head injury and woke up naked and tied to a chair in an unfamiliar house.
Despite being tortured and threatened with drowning, she was able to persuade her kidnapper to release her, as long as she told police that her disappearance was an accident.
Ms Birli said that she was able to gain the man's trust after she complimented his orchids and he began pouring his heart out to her.
A man, 33, has been arrested by police over the professional athlete's ordeal.
Austrian triathlete Nathalie Birli was hit by a delivery van and woke up naked and tied to a chair in an unfamiliar house
Her compliments about the abductor's orchids helped her build a rapport with the kidnapper.
She said: 'All of a sudden the culprit was nice to me. He said he was a gardener and he told me all about his messed-up life — that his father had died, that his mother had become an alcoholic and that his girlfriend had cheated on him.
'I made him a suggestion: ''Let’s just say it was an accident and you can let me go now.''
'He accepted the deal and cut the tape. I was allowed to get dressed and then he drove me all the way to my front door.'
She had been kidnapped at around 5pm and was back home by midnight.
Ms Birli said that her abductor blindfolded her before forcing her to drink alcohol at knifepoint.
He then tried to suffocate her and forced her in a bathtub with cold water, where he threatened to drown her.
She told Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung: 'It must have been about 5pm. Suddenly a red delivery van drove into me. I fell to the ground and my left forearm was broken.
The 27-year-old, pictured with a fellow athlete, had been on her way to training when she was attacked
She said she was able to persuade the kidnapper to release after complimenting his orchids
'A man got out and hit me in the head with a length of wood. He bound my hands with electrical insulation tape and threw me on to the back seat. I must have been unconscious for a while.
'When I came to, I was naked and tied to a chair in an old house. The man said: ''If you do what I want, you'll be free tomorrow.''
'I had the feeling that I was in a house far away from help and I was sure that no one would find me there.'
She added that the man had a knife in his hands 'at all times'.
When Ms Birli failed to come home, her partner called police, at around 9pm, which prompted a search involving dozens of her fellow triathletes.
Police used the GPS data from the professional athlete's racing bicycle to locate the suspect's house, where they arrested him
She wrote on Facebook after her release: 'A thousand thanks to everyone who was looking for me yesterday. You couldn't have found me. I was hit, beaten together, caught up and brought to a small house off the road - like in a bad movie.
'Thank God I was able to free myself and I am well except for a broken arm and a head injury.'
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