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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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Saturday, 30 June 2012
June 30 - Russia.Sochi Park is offering half price tickets to anyone signing up to receive their official newsletter. There will be 2,014 – the same number as the year Sochi host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games – tickets available for newsletter recipients.
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Sochi will host Russia's first ever Winter Olympic and Paralympics Games in 2014, which Russia.Sochi.Park will promote during London 2012.
Among the attractions showcasing Sochi will be ice dancing performances starring Russian Olympic and world ice skating champions and a virtual 4D cable car ride experience through the spectacular Krasnaya Polyana mountain range where Olympic alpine skiing will take place in 2014.
Russia.Sochi.Park opens from July 26 to August 12 .
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