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2022 Winter Olympic Games
The host city will be elected on 31 July 2015 at the 127th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur. The deadline for applications is 14 November 2013.
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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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2022 Winter Olympics
Poland and Slovakia Prime Ministers back joint bid for 2022 Winter Olympics
By Duncan Mackay
March 27 - Poland and Slovakia's Prime Ministers have officially backed a joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which would be the first time either country has staged the Games.
March 27 - Poland and Slovakia's Prime Ministers have officially backed a joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which would be the first time either country has staged the Games.Slovakian Government backs joint bid with Poland for 2022 Winter Olympics
By Duncan Mackay
March 13 - Slovakia's Government has officially backed a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbours Poland, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced today.
March 13 - Slovakia's Government has officially backed a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbours Poland, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced today.German bid for 2022 Winter Olympics moves closer following Swiss exit
By Tom Degun
March 4 - The German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) has admitted there is now a strong possibility that Munich could bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics after Switzerland rejected the chance to move for the Games.
March 4 - The German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) has admitted there is now a strong possibility that Munich could bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics after Switzerland rejected the chance to move for the Games.Swiss voters rejects bid for 2022 Winter Olympics
By Duncan Mackay
March 3 - Switzerland's proposed bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in St Moritz and Davos has been ended after a state referendum today rejected the idea.
March 3 - Switzerland's proposed bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in St Moritz and Davos has been ended after a state referendum today rejected the idea. Poland set for 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic bid
By Andrew Warshaw at the International Sports Event Management Conference in London
November 8 - Poland is considering putting forward Zakopane as a candidate to stage the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games – going head to head with Ukraine, with whom the country jointly staged the 2012 UEFA European Championship.
November 8 - Poland is considering putting forward Zakopane as a candidate to stage the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games – going head to head with Ukraine, with whom the country jointly staged the 2012 UEFA European Championship.Ukraine hopes to reinforce power of emerging nations in Olympic bidding process
By Lauren Mattera at the International Sports Event Management Conference in London
November 7 - Ukraine is continuing its emergence as a more powerful and influential country, as their bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games gathers pace, other more established bidders fall away, reinforcing the excitement growing within the former Soviet state that they can compete with the favourites, it was claimed here today.
November 7 - Ukraine is continuing its emergence as a more powerful and influential country, as their bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games gathers pace, other more established bidders fall away, reinforcing the excitement growing within the former Soviet state that they can compete with the favourites, it was claimed here today.Ukraine bid for 2022 Winter Olympics set to go ahead
By Tom Degun in Kiev
October 18 - Ukraine is set to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics through the city of Lviv after a major Sport Congress hosted here in the capital rubberstamped the plan in a resolution that was unanimously voted on.
October 18 - Ukraine is set to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics through the city of Lviv after a major Sport Congress hosted here in the capital rubberstamped the plan in a resolution that was unanimously voted on.Exclusive: Bubka to meet Ukrainian Government to discuss 2022 Winter Olympic bid
By Tom Degun at the Grange St Pauls Hotel in London
September 5 - Sergey Bubka, President of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee (NOC), is set to meet his country's Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov in the next week to discuss a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
September 5 - Sergey Bubka, President of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee (NOC), is set to meet his country's Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov in the next week to discuss a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.Switzerland aspires to "return Olympics to its roots" with its 2022 Winter Games bid
From Andrew Warshaw at Russia.Park in Kensington Gardens in London
August 5 - After several disappointments, Switzerland are pushing ahead with a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics from St. Moritz and Davos, leaving nothing to chance in terms of convincing the public that the Games will leave a proper credible legacy.
August 5 - After several disappointments, Switzerland are pushing ahead with a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics from St. Moritz and Davos, leaving nothing to chance in terms of convincing the public that the Games will leave a proper credible legacy.More stories
- US set to bid for 2024 Olympics after ruling out campaign for 2022 Winter Games
- Successful Euro 2012 is increasing chances of a Ukrainian 2022 Winter Olympic bid, claims Bubka
- Ukraine targeting 2022 Winter Olympics to help underprivileged areas, reveals Bubka
- Switzerland appoints top official to investigate 2022 Olympic bid
- Ukraine bid for 2022 Winter Olympics depends on Euro 2012 says President
- "Switzerland is a country of winter sports" so let's bid for 2022 Olympics
- Ukraine planning bid for 2022 Winter Olympics
- Barcelona launch plans to bid for 2022 Winter Olympics
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