July 15 - The remaining six Olympic countdown pins have been announced. The pins for 10, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 day to go will each be released on the actual day, so you will not be able to buy them in advance.In this section
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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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Royal Mail produces special stamps to commemorate London 2012
By David Gold
July 30 – Royal Mail has issued a set of four special stamps to mark this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
July 30 – Royal Mail has issued a set of four special stamps to mark this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.Opening Ceremony Pin
July 24 - By now, most of you will have seen the Opening Ceremony pin appear, disappear and then reappear at an online store.Final Diversity Pin: Ethnicity
July 23 - The sixth and final pin in the Diversity range has now been issued. The Ethnicity pin shows the continents in different colours joining together.This time next week...
July 20 - With only one week to go, BT have marked the moment with a pin released today.New Coca-Cola Partner Pin
July 18 - A new Coca-Cola internal pin has appeared on the scene.
It's the Final Countdown...
July 15 - The remaining six Olympic countdown pins have been announced. The pins for 10, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 day to go will each be released on the actual day, so you will not be able to buy them in advance.New Sponsor Pins
A number of new sponsor pins have been spotted this week.Adidas promote their lightest running spike ever with a pin showing the adiZero Prime spike.
Media Pins
Thanks to readers a new set of media pins has been added to the catalogue. There are a number of broadcast pins, which can use the official marks, and press pins, which cannot.More stories
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