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Updated at 12:09 p.m., Friday, February 13, 2009

Olympics: Ex-U.S. swimmer's medals recovered

Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — Former U.S. swimming champion Josh Davis is getting his four missing Olympic medals back.

The Salvation Army in San Antonio said today the three gold medals from the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and a silver from the 2000 Sydney Games were found by a cleanup crew outside one of its Boys & Girls clubs.

Davis had reported the medals stolen earlier this week, telling police that someone might have broken into his car.

Danny Hermosillo, a business administrator with The Salvation Army, said the medals would be given back to Davis at a Friday evening news conference.

Hermosillo says it appears someone left the medals in a place to be found.

Davis is a five-time Olympic medalist in relay events.