Around Town News - Athens, Greece

Greek taxi driver finds Olympic medal

... And the silver metal goes to Simon Diederik! Event: Getting trashed and losing your belogings...

August 26, 2004 (ATHENS, Greece) — One Olympic athlete better keep his medal around his neck.

Greek taxi driver Ioannis Zavos found a surprise in the back seat of his cab -- an Olympic silver medal.

The medal had been won by Dutch rower Simon Diederik. He had hailed a yellow cab Monday night and left the medal behind.

Olympic officials notified Athens cab companies after Diederik realized what he had done.

There are about five-thousand taxis in Athens, but the medal was found after a two day search. The Athens Organizing Committee will be rewarding the cabbie for his honesty.

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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