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Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
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Innsbruck
Opening ceremony
13 January 2012
Closing ceremony
22 January 2012
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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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Innsbruck 2012
Exclusive: More cities will bid for Winter Youth Olympics because of our model claims Innsbruck 2012 chief
By Tom Degun at the Global Sports Forum Barcelona
March 9 - Innsbruck 2012 chief executive Peter Bayer (pictured) has predicted that many more cities will come forward to bid for the Winter Youth Olympic Games after the Austrian city successfully staged the inaugural event in January this year at a relatively low cost.
March 9 - Innsbruck 2012 chief executive Peter Bayer (pictured) has predicted that many more cities will come forward to bid for the Winter Youth Olympic Games after the Austrian city successfully staged the inaugural event in January this year at a relatively low cost.India presentation wins YOG World Mile video contest at Innsbruck 2012
By Tom Degun
February 4 - India have claimed victory in the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) World Mile video contest, a key initiative of the Culture and Education Programme featured at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck last month.
February 4 - India have claimed victory in the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) World Mile video contest, a key initiative of the Culture and Education Programme featured at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck last month.Russia calls for more television coverage of Youth Olympics
By David Gold
February 1 - Russia's deputy Sports Minister Yury Nagornykh has said the Youth Olympics should get wider television coverage than the competition currently receives.
February 1 - Russia's deputy Sports Minister Yury Nagornykh has said the Youth Olympics should get wider television coverage than the competition currently receives.Exclusive: De Coubertin would love the Youth Olympics, says relative
By Mike Rowbottom
January 30 - A descendant of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Modern Olympics, believes that his illustrious relation would approve highly of the current International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Jacques Rogge, and his innovation of Summer and Winter Youth Olympics.
January 30 - A descendant of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Modern Olympics, believes that his illustrious relation would approve highly of the current International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Jacques Rogge, and his innovation of Summer and Winter Youth Olympics.Exclusive: Innsbruck 2012 financial model was not about creating a profit, admits chief executive
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck
January 23 - Innsbruck 2012 chief executive Peter Bayer (pictured) has revealed that the financial model in place for the inaugural edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, which closed here last night, was not based on making a profit from the event.
January 23 - Innsbruck 2012 chief executive Peter Bayer (pictured) has revealed that the financial model in place for the inaugural edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, which closed here last night, was not based on making a profit from the event.Silver for bobsleighers ensure Innsbruck 2012 ends on a high for Team GB
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck
January 22 - An outstanding silver medal for female British bobsleighers Mica McNeill and Jazmin Sawyers ensured that Team GB finished the first Youth Winter Olympic Games here on a high.
January 22 - An outstanding silver medal for female British bobsleighers Mica McNeill and Jazmin Sawyers ensured that Team GB finished the first Youth Winter Olympic Games here on a high.Innsbruck 2012 has "exceeded all expectations" claims Rogge
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck
January 22 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has paid tribute to the Organising Committee of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games here by claiming the event "has exceeded all expectations".
January 22 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has paid tribute to the Organising Committee of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games here by claiming the event "has exceeded all expectations".Innsbruck 2012 brought to close as Olympic flag passed to Lillehammer 2016
{jcomments off}By Tom Degun in Innsbruck
January 22 - In keeping with the theme of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games, an unspectacular yet charming and vibrant Closing Ceremony bought proceedings to a close at Innsbruck 2012 as an enthusiastic crowd of 4,000 gathered in the city centre at the Maria-Theresien-Strasse for the climax of the successful ten-day competition.
January 22 - In keeping with the theme of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games, an unspectacular yet charming and vibrant Closing Ceremony bought proceedings to a close at Innsbruck 2012 as an enthusiastic crowd of 4,000 gathered in the city centre at the Maria-Theresien-Strasse for the climax of the successful ten-day competition.British skaters strike gold and silver at Winter Youth Olympics
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck
January 21 - Short track speed skaters Jack Burrows and Aydin Djemal have made history as the duo became the first ever British athletes to win medals at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
January 21 - Short track speed skaters Jack Burrows and Aydin Djemal have made history as the duo became the first ever British athletes to win medals at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.More stories
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- Austria claim emotional first gold medal of Youth Winter Olympics
- Japanese makes Olympic history at Innsbruck 2012 with women's ski jumping victory
- Snow covered Innsbruck welcomes inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games with charming Opening Ceremony
- Flag bearers named for Innsbruck 2012 Youth Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
- There will be no gigantism at our Opening Ceremony, reveals Innsbruck 2012
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