Bradenton, Florida - Talk about your best days: for Demetrius Pinder, it was the day he won Olympic gold.
As part of the 4x400 meter relay team for the Bahamas, Pinder blazed around the London track last summer. His team upset the favored Americans and people watching the event in the Bahamas went wild.
"It was just not a win for me, it was a lot of emotions and hard work put into that medal," said this soft-spoken athlete outside his Bradenton apartment complex.
But if that was a high point, this week Pinder hit a low. On Wednesday morning, he discovered that his gold medal had been stolen. Pinder had accidentally forgotten it in the center console of his truck.
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