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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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Paralympic champions among thousands competitors preparing for Westminster Mile
By James Crook
May 1 - London 2012 Paralympics gold medallists David Weir and Richard Whitehead will compete at the inaugural Bupa Westminster Mile in London on May 26, with double-Olympic gold medal-winning event ambassador Mo Farah set to fire the starting gun.
May 1 - London 2012 Paralympics gold medallists David Weir and Richard Whitehead will compete at the inaugural Bupa Westminster Mile in London on May 26, with double-Olympic gold medal-winning event ambassador Mo Farah set to fire the starting gun.British Team Pursuit Olympic champions to ride for Wiggle Honda at London Nocturne
By James Crook
May 1 - Great Britain's London 2012 gold-medal winning team pursuit trio of Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell and Dani King will compete for Team Wiggle Honda at the IG London Nocturne at Smithfield Market in June.
May 1 - Great Britain's London 2012 gold-medal winning team pursuit trio of Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell and Dani King will compete for Team Wiggle Honda at the IG London Nocturne at Smithfield Market in June.Maltese Olympic Committee elects new President
By Duncan Mackay
May 1 - Julian Pace Bonello has been appointed as the new President of the Maltese Olympic Committee (MOC) at its annual meeting at its headquarters in Tal-Qroqq.
May 1 - Julian Pace Bonello has been appointed as the new President of the Maltese Olympic Committee (MOC) at its annual meeting at its headquarters in Tal-Qroqq.UK Sport director of performance joins RFU talent panel
By Tom Degun
May 1 - UK Sport's director of performance Simon Timson has been invited to join a ten-strong Rugby Football Union (RFU) panel which has drawn from across the world to help shape the first ever rugby union talent consensus statement.
May 1 - UK Sport's director of performance Simon Timson has been invited to join a ten-strong Rugby Football Union (RFU) panel which has drawn from across the world to help shape the first ever rugby union talent consensus statement.Australian National League set to discuss break-away from Basketball Australia
By James Crook
May 1 - The Australian National Basketball League (NBL) and Basketball Australia have agreed to discuss a de-merger as the league looks to become self-sustaining as soon as this month.
May 1 - The Australian National Basketball League (NBL) and Basketball Australia have agreed to discuss a de-merger as the league looks to become self-sustaining as soon as this month.Ice Hockey World Championship to be broadcast free on YouTube
By Emily Goddard
May 1 - The 2013 Ice Hockey World Championship will be broadcast free online as it gets underway in Stockholm and Helsinki on Friday (May 3), the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has confirmed.
May 1 - The 2013 Ice Hockey World Championship will be broadcast free online as it gets underway in Stockholm and Helsinki on Friday (May 3), the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has confirmed.McIlroy rules out playing for Ireland in World Cup as keeps options for Rio 2016 open
By Duncan Mackay
May 1 - Rory McIlroy has again kept his options open about which country he will represent at Rio 2016 when golf makes its return to the Olympic programme after a 104-year absence but a decision not to represent Ireland at this year's World Cup would suggest he appears to be leaning towards Britain.
May 1 - Rory McIlroy has again kept his options open about which country he will represent at Rio 2016 when golf makes its return to the Olympic programme after a 104-year absence but a decision not to represent Ireland at this year's World Cup would suggest he appears to be leaning towards Britain.French and Japan sign new athletics agreement ahead of Rio 2016
By Duncan Mackay
May 1 - France and Japan's athletics athletics federations have signed a bilateral partnership agreement to try to raise standards in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics.
May 1 - France and Japan's athletics athletics federations have signed a bilateral partnership agreement to try to raise standards in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics. Burkett discusses Paralympic equipment technology at IPC VISTA2013 conference
By James Crook
May 1 - Paralympian and biomechanics professor Brendan Burkett delivered a key note speech on whether equipment in Paralympic sport is performance enhancing or necessary for performance at the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) VISTA2013 conference in Bonn.
May 1 - Paralympian and biomechanics professor Brendan Burkett delivered a key note speech on whether equipment in Paralympic sport is performance enhancing or necessary for performance at the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) VISTA2013 conference in Bonn. More stories
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