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The IOC will elect the host city on 7 September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires.
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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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2020 Summer Olympics
Exclusive: Quality of the 2020 Olympic bidders has put the IOC in a very comfortable position, reveals Bach
By Tom Degun
February 5 - Thomas Bach (pictured), vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has claimed that the high quality of the six bidders competing to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has put his organisation in a very comfortable position ahead of the all-important vote next year.
February 5 - Thomas Bach (pictured), vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has claimed that the high quality of the six bidders competing to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has put his organisation in a very comfortable position ahead of the all-important vote next year.Pescante criticises Italian Prime Minister for delay in backing Rome 2020
By Duncan Mackay
February 3 - Rome must continue to play a waiting game to see whether they will be able to bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics after Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti refused to be rushed into a decision amid a warning from Mario Pescante that the delay could prove fatal to the campaign even if does go-ahead.
February 3 - Rome must continue to play a waiting game to see whether they will be able to bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics after Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti refused to be rushed into a decision amid a warning from Mario Pescante that the delay could prove fatal to the campaign even if does go-ahead.Baku 2020 Olympic bid claims it is boosted by major hotel chains
By Duncan Mackay
February 2 - Baku officials claim that the fact so many major hotel chains are choosing to open new premises in the Azerbaijan capital is an endorsement for their bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
February 2 - Baku officials claim that the fact so many major hotel chains are choosing to open new premises in the Azerbaijan capital is an endorsement for their bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Tokyo 2020 appoints volleyball legend as new sports director
By Duncan Mackay
February 1 - Yuko Arakida, a member of the Japanese volleyball team that won the Olympic gold medal at Montreal in 1976, has been appointed as the sports director of Tokyo 2020, it was announced today.
February 1 - Yuko Arakida, a member of the Japanese volleyball team that won the Olympic gold medal at Montreal in 1976, has been appointed as the sports director of Tokyo 2020, it was announced today.Mennea is wrong about Rome 2020 Olympic bid, claims gold medallist
By Duncan Mackay
January 31 - A row has broken out between two of Italy's greatest-ever athletes after former gymnast Jury Chechi hit back at claims by Pietro Mennea that Rome should not bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics because of the country's current economic crisis.
January 31 - A row has broken out between two of Italy's greatest-ever athletes after former gymnast Jury Chechi hit back at claims by Pietro Mennea that Rome should not bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics because of the country's current economic crisis.Doha sets February 10 date for launch of 2020 bid logo
By David Owen
January 30 - Doha 2020 has set February 10 as the date when it will unveil its bid logo and slogan.
January 30 - Doha 2020 has set February 10 as the date when it will unveil its bid logo and slogan.Madrid 2020 shrug off logo controversy to focus on fourth bid
By Duncan Mackay in Madrid
January 30 - Madrid today launched the logo for its bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, an event deemed to be a success despite the fact the logo was quickly mired in controversy with one poll claiming that 81 per cent of Spaniards did not like it and a leading commentator describing it as "naff".
January 30 - Madrid today launched the logo for its bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, an event deemed to be a success despite the fact the logo was quickly mired in controversy with one poll claiming that 81 per cent of Spaniards did not like it and a leading commentator describing it as "naff".Madrid set to unveil more details on 2020 Olympic bid after receiving Government backing
By Duncan Mackay in Madrid
January 29 - Madrid's new Mayor Ana Botella will tomorrow here throw her support fully behind the city's campaign's to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics at a special ceremony to launch the bid logo and website, the bid boosted by the public support of the Government despite the country's economic crisis.
January 29 - Madrid's new Mayor Ana Botella will tomorrow here throw her support fully behind the city's campaign's to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics at a special ceremony to launch the bid logo and website, the bid boosted by the public support of the Government despite the country's economic crisis. Rome forced to sweat by Italian Prime Minister on 2020 Olympic bid
By Duncan Mackay
January 27 - Rome officials must wait until next month to discover whether the Italian Government will back their bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
January 27 - Rome officials must wait until next month to discover whether the Italian Government will back their bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.More stories
- Exclusive: Doha Olympic bid faces "supplementary" question, says Rogge
- Early poll results give Baku 2020 reasons to cheer but Tokyo convinced they are gaining momentum
- Turkey's "energies are focussed on Olympics" promises Sports Minister after Euro 2020 claims
- Exclusive: "This time everything is different" promises Turkey Olympic chief
- Exclusive: Rome 2020 officials admit Prime Minister "prudent" about bid but sure he will back it
- Doha team arrive in Innsbruck to campaign for 2020 Olympics
- "Nothing better than the Olympics to relaunch Italian economy" claim Rome 2020
- Istanbul 2020 aim to regain momentum by sending top delegation to Innsbruck
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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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