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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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Entry ballot opens for 2013 Great North Run
Friday, 04 January 2013
January 5 - The general entry ballot has today opened for the 2013 Great North Run in what looks to be another hugely successful year for the event, which attracted a record number of applications last year.More than 108,000 people applied to take part in what is Britain's biggest running event last year, which this year is due to take place on September 15, with 55,000 successful entrants accepted and every postcode region in the country being represented on the start line in Newcastle.
The 2012 Great North Run was also the first major mass participation event following the hugely successful London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, raising an estimated £30 million (£49 million/€37 million) for hundreds of charities.
London 2012 gold medallists Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford, Ellie Simmonds, Nicola Adams and Kat Copeland start last year's Great North RunBritish London 2012 gold medallists Greg Rutherford, Mo Farah, Ellie Simmonds, Kat Copeland and Nicola Adams took part as honorary starters to set the runners on their half marathon journey as the legendary Red Arrows display team flew overhead.
The Great North Run is televised live on BBC One and across Europe on Eurosport, with a highlights programme being shown in more than 100 countries across the world.
Prospective applicants can register here, with the ballot closing at noon on February 4.
Entrants will be advised of the outcome later that week.
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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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