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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 venues in coastal cluster ready, Putin told
By Duncan Mackay
November 27 - Venues in the costal cluster for Sochi 2014 are close to being completed in time for a series of test events next month and early in 2013 , Russian President Vladimir Putin has been assured.
November 27 - Venues in the costal cluster for Sochi 2014 are close to being completed in time for a series of test events next month and early in 2013 , Russian President Vladimir Putin has been assured. Registration opens for Russian International Olympic University scholarships
By Tom Degun
November 20 - Registration for the first ever scholarships to study the Russian International Olympic University's (RIOU) prestigious international Master of Sport Administration have now opened.
November 20 - Registration for the first ever scholarships to study the Russian International Olympic University's (RIOU) prestigious international Master of Sport Administration have now opened.Georgia set to officially announce participation at Sochi 2014 after boycott threat dropped
By Duncan Mackay
November 19 - Georgia's new Government is set to officially announce this week that the country should send a team to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
November 19 - Georgia's new Government is set to officially announce this week that the country should send a team to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Sochi will be ready to host Formula One race in 2014, promises track designer
By Duncan Mackay
November 18 - Sochi will be ready to stage Russia's first ever Formula One in 2014, shortly after the city host the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the architect of the track has claimed.
November 18 - Sochi will be ready to stage Russia's first ever Formula One in 2014, shortly after the city host the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the architect of the track has claimed.100,000 tickets to go on sale for Sochi 2014 test events
By Duncan Mackay
November 14 - Sochi are to put more than 100,000 tickets on sale for test events in the build-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics, local officials have announced.
November 14 - Sochi are to put more than 100,000 tickets on sale for test events in the build-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics, local officials have announced. Sochi 2014 ticket touts could face million ruble fines
By Duncan Mackay
November 13 - A new law could be introduced in Russia in time for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics that means people found guilty of illegally reselling tickets could face fines of up to a million rubles (£19,000/$30,000/€24,000).
November 13 - A new law could be introduced in Russia in time for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics that means people found guilty of illegally reselling tickets could face fines of up to a million rubles (£19,000/$30,000/€24,000).Double Olympic champion Zoggeler praises Sochi’s luge track
By Mike Rowbottom at the Sanki Sliding Centre in Sochi
November 9 - Italy's double Olympic luge champion Armin Zoggeler has paid tribute to the new Sanki Sliding Center in Sochi, venue for the 2014 Winter Games, after the track was opened for an international training week.
November 9 - Italy's double Olympic luge champion Armin Zoggeler has paid tribute to the new Sanki Sliding Center in Sochi, venue for the 2014 Winter Games, after the track was opened for an international training week.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.Sochi 2014 to offer media first free Wi-Fi in history of Olympics
By Mike Rowbottom at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi
November 8 - The Sochi 2014 Winter Games will be the first Olympics and Paralympics in history to provide free Wi-Fi for the press, it was announced here today.
November 8 - The Sochi 2014 Winter Games will be the first Olympics and Paralympics in history to provide free Wi-Fi for the press, it was announced here today.More stories
- Ukraine hopes to reinforce power of emerging nations in Olympic bidding process
- Sochi 2014 will do for Russia what Beijing 2008 did for China, says Gosper
- World's luge athletes get first run down Sochi's uniquely safe track
- Peace and Sport has reached new heights says Bouzou
- Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic ice track set for first test
- Russian Government pays £187 million to relocate residents ahead of Sochi 2014
- Prince Albert opens 2012 Peace and Sport International Forum in Sochi
- We have concerns, but Sochi 2014 can be a success says Russian Sports Minister
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