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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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Winter Olympics
Sochi 2014 to stage skiing and short track speed skating test events
By Emily Goddard
January 28 - Sochi 2014 will hold three international test events at the Winter Olympic venues in the mountain and coastal clusters this weekend.
January 28 - Sochi 2014 will hold three international test events at the Winter Olympic venues in the mountain and coastal clusters this weekend.Sochi Formula One race set for November 2014
By Duncan Mackay
January 27 - Sochi will host the inaugural Russian Formula One Grand Prix in November 2014, the city's Mayor has revealed.
January 27 - Sochi will host the inaugural Russian Formula One Grand Prix in November 2014, the city's Mayor has revealed. Furlong is not a "racist, a wife-beater and a rapist" insist upset family
By Duncan Mackay
January 23 - John Furlong's family have moved to defend the former President and chief executive of Vancouver 2010 after he was accused of physically abusing his first wife and raping a common law partner.
January 23 - John Furlong's family have moved to defend the former President and chief executive of Vancouver 2010 after he was accused of physically abusing his first wife and raping a common law partner.IOC would look "favourably" upon return of Russian winter time but did not ask for it
By Duncan Mackay
January 23 - Winter time in Russia could be reintroduced in time for next year's Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) insisted it had not initiated the proposal.
January 23 - Winter time in Russia could be reintroduced in time for next year's Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) insisted it had not initiated the proposal.Furlong faces new allegations after court documents filed
By Duncan Mackay
January 22 - Former Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong physically abused his first wife and raped a common-law partner, according to new allegations contained in documents filed at the British Columbia Supreme Court.
January 22 - Former Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong physically abused his first wife and raped a common-law partner, according to new allegations contained in documents filed at the British Columbia Supreme Court. Coca-Cola begins search for 2,014 Sochi Winter Olympic Torchbearers
By Tom Degun
January 22 - Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay Presenting Partner Coca-Cola has begun its campaign to select 2,014 Torchbearers with less than nine months before the journey gets underway.
January 22 - Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay Presenting Partner Coca-Cola has begun its campaign to select 2,014 Torchbearers with less than nine months before the journey gets underway.Figure skater Averbukh unveiled as new Sochi 2014 Ambassador
By Emily Goddard
January 16 - Ilya Averbukh, the Russian Olympic ice dancing silver medallist, has been revealed as the latest Sochi 2014 Ambassador.
January 16 - Ilya Averbukh, the Russian Olympic ice dancing silver medallist, has been revealed as the latest Sochi 2014 Ambassador.Furlong defendants file court papers in libel case
By Duncan Mackay
January 15 - Three defendants being sued by former Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong over an article accusing him of abusing students more than 40 years ago have filed their defence to a court in British Columbia.
January 15 - Three defendants being sued by former Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong over an article accusing him of abusing students more than 40 years ago have filed their defence to a court in British Columbia. Sochi 2014 launches Olympic and Paralympic Torches
By Duncan Mackay
January 14 - A sleek silver-and-red torch for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Torch Relay was today unveiled at a special ceremony in Moscow.
January 14 - A sleek silver-and-red torch for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Torch Relay was today unveiled at a special ceremony in Moscow. More stories
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- Putin signs new ticket law for Sochi 2014
- Sochi 2014 ticket tout law approved by Russia's Upper House
- Putin orders inspection of Sochi 2014 facilities after city hit by earthquake and gas explosion
- Georgia confirm participation at Sochi 2014 after dropping boycott threat
- Isinbayeva to be Mayor of main Olympic Village at Sochi 2014
- Contemporary International to provide event services for Sochi 2014
- Kärcher named cleaning services provider for Sochi 2014
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Last month's Boston Marathon bombings showed just how vulnerable some events can be to terrorist attacks but Helmut Spahn, executive director of the International Centre for Sport Security, claims that sharing information and early planning can help reduce the risk of such incidents in the future
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