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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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Armstrong sells multi-million dollar Austin home
By Duncan Mackay
April 11 - Lance Armstrong has sold his house in Austin where he taped his confessional interview with Oprah Winfrey, although he plans to continue living in the Texan city, it was reported today.
April 11 - Lance Armstrong has sold his house in Austin where he taped his confessional interview with Oprah Winfrey, although he plans to continue living in the Texan city, it was reported today.Russian cyclist first to test positive for potentially harmful drug
By Duncan Mackay
April 11 - Russian cyclist Valery Kaykov has become the first high-profile athlete to test positive for a black market substance that was never cleared for human use.
April 11 - Russian cyclist Valery Kaykov has become the first high-profile athlete to test positive for a black market substance that was never cleared for human use.UFC joins forces with wrestling to help campaign to keep it in Olympics
By Duncan Mackay
April 11 - Wrestling has formed an alliance with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in its campaign to help preserve its place on the Olympic programme after Rio 2016, it was announced today.
April 11 - Wrestling has formed an alliance with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in its campaign to help preserve its place on the Olympic programme after Rio 2016, it was announced today. APC backs Athletics Australia call for equivalent funding for disability programmes
By Tom Degun
April 11 - A push from Athletics Australia to provide equal support to athletes within both its able-bodied and disability programmes has been backed by the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC).
April 11 - A push from Athletics Australia to provide equal support to athletes within both its able-bodied and disability programmes has been backed by the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC). Dumfries to host 2014 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships
By Emily Goddard
April 11 - Dumfries has been confirmed to host the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and World Senior Men's and Women's Curling Championships in 2014, just days after the World Curling Federation (WCF) named another Scottish city, the capital Edinburgh, as host of the 2013 European Mixed Curling Championship.
April 11 - Dumfries has been confirmed to host the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and World Senior Men's and Women's Curling Championships in 2014, just days after the World Curling Federation (WCF) named another Scottish city, the capital Edinburgh, as host of the 2013 European Mixed Curling Championship.Olympic Council of Asia and World Taekwondo Federation team up for fifth youth camp
By Emily Goddard
April 11 - The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has joined forces with the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) to host the fifth youth camp for the sport in Bangkok as part of the Asian Youth Development Project in 2013.
April 11 - The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has joined forces with the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) to host the fifth youth camp for the sport in Bangkok as part of the Asian Youth Development Project in 2013.Table tennis gives thumbs up to Rio 2016
By James Crook
April 11 - The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) have hailed Rio 2016 staff and declared themselves as "very happy" with the location of the table tennis venue at Riocentro, which is within walking distance of the Olympic Village.
April 11 - The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) have hailed Rio 2016 staff and declared themselves as "very happy" with the location of the table tennis venue at Riocentro, which is within walking distance of the Olympic Village.FIG President Grandi awarded Japan's highest honour
By Emily Goddard
April 11 - Bruno Grandi, President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), has been awarded the title of Dr Honoris Causa, Japan's highest honour, by the Nippon Sport Science University (NSSU) in Tokyo in recognition of his career of more than 50 years in international sport.
April 11 - Bruno Grandi, President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), has been awarded the title of Dr Honoris Causa, Japan's highest honour, by the Nippon Sport Science University (NSSU) in Tokyo in recognition of his career of more than 50 years in international sport.Balkan nations meet to develop Paralympic Movement in region
By James Crook
April 11 - Six Balkan National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) have met in the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica to discuss ways to develop the Paralympic Movement in the region.
April 11 - Six Balkan National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) have met in the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica to discuss ways to develop the Paralympic Movement in the region.More stories
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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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