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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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Summer Olympics
Exclusive: Andy Hunt to be Britain's Chef de Mission for London 2012
By David Owen
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October 21 - Andy Hunt, chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA), is to be the Great Britain team’s Chef de Mission at the London 2012 Olympics.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park should reopen in 2013 says OPLC chief
By Tom Degun in London
October 20 - Andrew Altman, chief executive of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), has told the London Assembly he expects the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to reopen in 2013 - just one year after the London 2012 Olympics.
October 20 - Andrew Altman, chief executive of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), has told the London Assembly he expects the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to reopen in 2013 - just one year after the London 2012 Olympics. Businesses need "wake-up call" over impact of London 2012 Olympics
October 19 - Business bosses need a "wake-up call" over the opportunities and threats posed by the London 2012 Olympics, according to Deloitte. Sir Vivian Richards helps Antigua seal Guildford deal for London 2012
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
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October 17 - Sir Vivian Richards, one of history's greatest cricketers, has visited England to help finalise a deal that will see Antigua and Barbuda base themselves at the Surrey Sports Park and Guildford Spectrum before the London 2012 Olympics.
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
October 17 - Sir Vivian Richards, one of history's greatest cricketers, has visited England to help finalise a deal that will see Antigua and Barbuda base themselves at the Surrey Sports Park and Guildford Spectrum before the London 2012 Olympics. London 2012 announce Olympic ticket prices
By Duncan Mackay in London
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
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October 15 - Two-thirds of tickets for the sports at the the London 2012 Olympics will be priced at less than £50 the most expensive being £725 for high-demand events like the 100 metres expected to feature Usain Bolt, it was announced today.
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
October 15 - Two-thirds of tickets for the sports at the the London 2012 Olympics will be priced at less than £50 the most expensive being £725 for high-demand events like the 100 metres expected to feature Usain Bolt, it was announced today. "Courage and brave decisions" the key to Olympics glory
October 15 - Having courage and taking brave decisions are the key themes which will be explored by delegates at UK Sport's World Class Performance Conference, which takes place at The Fairmont in St Andrews next month. Kalmadi still dreams of India hosting the Olympics
By Tom Degun in New Delhi
October 15 - Delhi 2010 Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has reiterated his desire to see the Olympics and Paralympics come to India, with 2020 continuing to be mooted as the probable year the country will look to host the event.
October 15 - Delhi 2010 Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has reiterated his desire to see the Olympics and Paralympics come to India, with 2020 continuing to be mooted as the probable year the country will look to host the event. Police will be "very, very stretched" during London 2012 Olympics
October 14 - The London Assembly has promised it will be "business as usual" during the 2012 Olympics, despite warnings by the police that they will be "very, very stretched".
USA training base deal a "major coup" for University of East London
October 13 - More than 1,000 American athletes will have access to state-of-the-art training facilities at the University of East London as they prepare for the London 2012 Games. More stories
- Olympic Park and Village workforce breaks 10,000 as 'big build' nears peak
- Exclusive: British boxing promoter behind Olympic Park hockey World Cup bid
- London Assmembly warns of multi-millon pound Olympic Park blackhole
- Jowell retains interest in London 2012 after being named Shadow Olympics Minister
- West Ham Olympic Stadium bid boosted by support of UK Athletics
- Commonwealth Games "big step forward" for Indian ambitions to host 2020 Olympics
- London 2012 Olympic Park to be named after Queen
- "School Olympics" will spark revolution claims UK Culture Secretary
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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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