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Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as a member of Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team. He is recognised as an American by the International Olympic Committee although he was a German national at the time of the Games.
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Obamas "so proud" of Collins as he becomes first major American active male athlete to come out
By Emily Goddard
April 30 - Barack and Michelle Obama have both backed National Basketball Association (NBA) player Jason Collins who has become the first active male professional athlete in a major American professional team sport to publicly come out as gay.
April 30 - Barack and Michelle Obama have both backed National Basketball Association (NBA) player Jason Collins who has become the first active male professional athlete in a major American professional team sport to publicly come out as gay.Price steps down as President of Inas
By Duncan Mackay
April 30 - Bob Price has stepped down as President of the International Federation for Sport for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability (Inas).
April 30 - Bob Price has stepped down as President of the International Federation for Sport for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability (Inas).Paralympic champions named on British team for IPC Swimming World Championships
By Emily Goddard
April 30 - Six-time Paralympic gold medallist Sascha Kindred and four-time Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Simmonds are among a long list of champions to have been named on the 32-strong British team heading to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Montreal later this year.
April 30 - Six-time Paralympic gold medallist Sascha Kindred and four-time Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Simmonds are among a long list of champions to have been named on the 32-strong British team heading to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Montreal later this year.Dame Sarah Storey eyes world title defence just two months after giving birth
By James Crook
April 30 - British Paralympic icon Dame Sarah Storey is hoping to defend her World Championship titles just two months after she is due to give birth to her first child at the Para-Cycling Road World Championships, which take place in Quebec in August.
April 30 - British Paralympic icon Dame Sarah Storey is hoping to defend her World Championship titles just two months after she is due to give birth to her first child at the Para-Cycling Road World Championships, which take place in Quebec in August.Istanbul is "one of my favourite cities" claims Tokyo Governor as he tries to end Olympic bid row
By Duncan Mackay
April 29 - Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose has claimed that Istanbul is one of his favourite cities as he tries to dampen down a row that is threatening to overshadow the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
April 29 - Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose has claimed that Istanbul is one of his favourite cities as he tries to dampen down a row that is threatening to overshadow the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Austrian record holder banned for eight years after second doping offence
By Duncan Mackay
April 29 - Susanne Pumper, Austria's most successful female long-distance runner, has been suspended for eight years after being found to have been involved with drugs for a second time.
April 29 - Susanne Pumper, Austria's most successful female long-distance runner, has been suspended for eight years after being found to have been involved with drugs for a second time. International Table Tennis Federation President threatens legal action over corruption allegations
By Duncan Mackay
April 29 - Adham Sharara has threatened to sue Italy's Stefano Bosi, his rival for the Presidency of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), over claims he has acted unethically.
April 29 - Adham Sharara has threatened to sue Italy's Stefano Bosi, his rival for the Presidency of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), over claims he has acted unethically.Russian Space Agency confirms planning is underway for Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch space walk
By Emily Goddard
April 29 - Russian astronauts will take an unlit Olympic Torch into orbit as part of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games Torch Relay, Roscosmos has confirmed.
April 29 - Russian astronauts will take an unlit Olympic Torch into orbit as part of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games Torch Relay, Roscosmos has confirmed.Exclusive: London 2012 auction raises nearly £50,000
By David Owen
April 29 - Last weekend's auction of London 2012 memorabilia raised close to £50,000 ($77,000/€59,000).
April 29 - Last weekend's auction of London 2012 memorabilia raised close to £50,000 ($77,000/€59,000).More stories
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- Deaflympian Fletcher appointed as British deaf tennis coach
- Exclusive: Tokyo 2020 facing IOC Ethics Commission rap after Governor's comments about Istanbul
- British disability shooters impress at Hanover competition
- Canada ends US dominance to take under-18 world ice hockey title at Sochi 2014 test event
- Zimbabwe Olympic Committee re-elects President for third term
- Former Russian Olympic Committee vice-president claims he has been poisoned
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Last month's Boston Marathon bombings showed just how vulnerable some events can be to terrorist attacks but Helmut Spahn, executive director of the International Centre for Sport Security, claims that sharing information and early planning can help reduce the risk of such incidents in the future
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