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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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Thousands descend on Glasgow for Annual Women’s 10k run
By James Crook
May 12 - More than 7,000 women of all ages and abilties took part today in Britain's largest all-female running event, the Great Women's 10k, in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games bid city of Glasgow, raising large sums of money for various charities in the process.
May 12 - More than 7,000 women of all ages and abilties took part today in Britain's largest all-female running event, the Great Women's 10k, in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games bid city of Glasgow, raising large sums of money for various charities in the process.Blade Babe sets 400m world record at Dutch Open
By James Crook
May 12 - Holland's Marlou Van Rhijn has set a 400 metres T43 world record at the Dutch Open in Emmeloord, clocking a time of 1min 4.95 seconds to take nearly five seconds off the best.
May 12 - Holland's Marlou Van Rhijn has set a 400 metres T43 world record at the Dutch Open in Emmeloord, clocking a time of 1min 4.95 seconds to take nearly five seconds off the best.Channel 4 Paralympic coverage beats BBC's Olympic programmes to win Bafta for best sport and live event
By Duncan Mackay
May 12 - Channel 4's coverage of the Paralympics in London last year tonight won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) award for best sport and live event.
May 12 - Channel 4's coverage of the Paralympics in London last year tonight won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) award for best sport and live event. Tokyo 2020 President hails successful ITU World Triathlon Series event in Yokohama
By Emily Goddard
May 12 - Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and Tokyo 2020, has praised the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Series event which took place in Yokohama yesterday claiming he was "truly inspired" by the competition.
May 12 - Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and Tokyo 2020, has praised the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Series event which took place in Yokohama yesterday claiming he was "truly inspired" by the competition.Cooke claims first ever World Cup victory in Budapest
By Tom Degun
May 12 - Britain's Jamie Cooke has won the first UIPM World Cup event of his career by taking a superb gold medal in Budapest in Hungary.
May 12 - Britain's Jamie Cooke has won the first UIPM World Cup event of his career by taking a superb gold medal in Budapest in Hungary.Ten Network signs $20 million deal to broadcast Sochi 2014 in Australia, claim reports
By Duncan Mackay
May 12 - Ten Network has brought the Australian television rights to broadcast the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, it was revealed today.
May 12 - Ten Network has brought the Australian television rights to broadcast the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, it was revealed today.WADA confirms details of revision to World Anti-Doping Code
By Duncan Mackay
May 12 - A doubling in the length of bans from two to four years for athletes who fail drugs tests for the first time has been confirmed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) following meetings of its Executive Committee and Foundation Board in Montreal.
May 12 - A doubling in the length of bans from two to four years for athletes who fail drugs tests for the first time has been confirmed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) following meetings of its Executive Committee and Foundation Board in Montreal.Royal Melbourne Club to host 2013 World Cup of Golf
By Duncan Mackay
May 12 - Melbourne is to host the 2013 World Cup of Golf for the first time in quarter-of-a-century, it was announced today.
May 12 - Melbourne is to host the 2013 World Cup of Golf for the first time in quarter-of-a-century, it was announced today. Qatar may play more central role in IAAF Diamond League sponsorship and broadcasting
By Mike Rowbottom
May 12 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League, which is seeking a title sponsor following the ending of Samsung's connection with the event, may look to a Qatari business to fill the gap.
May 12 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League, which is seeking a title sponsor following the ending of Samsung's connection with the event, may look to a Qatari business to fill the gap.More stories
- Dublin to host 2013 European Paralympic Committee General Assembly and Conference
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- London 2012 medallists take more gold for British table tennis squad at Slovenian Open
- Tardif elected new Canadian Paralympic Committee President
- Draw made for 2013 World Table Tennis Championships
- Kazakhstan claim thrilling victory over Ukraine in World Series of Boxing team finals
- Buriak claims second successive World Cup victory in Budapest as Ukraine take top two spots
- Exclusive: British Boxing faces losing over £10 million UK Sport funding after Home Nations row
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Denmark's Poul-Erik Høyer is the only non-Asian badminton player ever to win an Olympic gold medal, giving him a unique place in the sport's history. He is now set to become the first European President of the Badminton World Federation for 20 years with the aim of uniting the two continents, as he tells James Crook in this exclusive interview
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