Olympic Boxer Nico Hernandez Wins Bronze, Loses Phone

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USA's Nico Miguel Hernandez poses with his medal after winning in the boxing matches in the Rio Olympics at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. Hasanboy Dusmatov won Uzbekistan's first gold medal of the Rio Olympics when he beat Colombia's Yurberjen Martinez on unanimous points. Bronze medals went to Cuba's Joahnys Argilagos of Cuba and the American Nico Hernandez, who each lost in the semi-finals. / AFP / YURI CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
USA's Nico Miguel Hernandez poses with his medal after winning in the boxing matches in the Rio Olympics at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 14, 2016.Yuri Cortez—AFP/Getty Images
By Mahita Gajanan

Olympic boxer Nico Hernandez may not be answering your texts or calls anytime soon.

On Sunday, the bronze medal winning boxer tweeted at T Mobile saying he lost his phone in Rio before receiving his medal. T Mobile wrote back asking Hernandez to send them a direct message about the issue.

Hernandez became the first American to win a medal in boxing since the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Friday.

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