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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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Athletics
"Britain should look closer to home" claims Russian Athletics Federation President over drugs problems
By Duncan Mackay
April 8 - Russia should not be singled out unfairly as having a major doping problem despite several high-profile cases involving its top athletes, it was claimed today by the head of the country's athletics federation.
April 8 - Russia should not be singled out unfairly as having a major doping problem despite several high-profile cases involving its top athletes, it was claimed today by the head of the country's athletics federation.Disgraced Hungarian discus thrower sues Canadian company over London 2012 drugs failure
By Duncan Mackay
April 7 - Disgraced Hungarian discus thrower Robert Fazekas has launched legal action against a Canadian supplement company, claiming that one of its products contained banned anabolic steroids which led to him being thrown out of last year's Olympics in London.
April 7 - Disgraced Hungarian discus thrower Robert Fazekas has launched legal action against a Canadian supplement company, claiming that one of its products contained banned anabolic steroids which led to him being thrown out of last year's Olympics in London.Moscow need to step up promotion for World Championships, warns IAAF President
By Duncan Mackay
April 6 - Russian organisers of this year's World Championships in Moscow have been criticised by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack for their lack of promotion of the event.
April 6 - Russian organisers of this year's World Championships in Moscow have been criticised by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack for their lack of promotion of the event.IAAF confident in search for new Diamond League sponsor after Samsung pull out
By Duncan Mackay
April 5 - A search for a new sponsor for its flagship Diamond League has been launched by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after Samsung decided not to renew its $4.5 million (£3 million/€3.5 million) deal for the upcoming 2013 season.
April 5 - A search for a new sponsor for its flagship Diamond League has been launched by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after Samsung decided not to renew its $4.5 million (£3 million/€3.5 million) deal for the upcoming 2013 season.Athens 2004 Olympic shot put gold medallist given retrospective two-year doping ban
By Duncan Mackay
April 5 - Yuriy Bilonoh, stripped of the Olympic gold medal he won at Athens in 2004 after his drugs sample was retested, has been given a retrospective two-year ban by the Ukrainian Athletics Federation (FLAU).
April 5 - Yuriy Bilonoh, stripped of the Olympic gold medal he won at Athens in 2004 after his drugs sample was retested, has been given a retrospective two-year ban by the Ukrainian Athletics Federation (FLAU). Russia bans world and Olympic champions after failed drugs tests
By Duncan Mackay
April 2 - Former world and Olympic champions Svetlana Krivelyova and Olga Kuzenkova have been banned for two years each for failing drugs tests after their samples were re-examined, the Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) announced today.
April 2 - Former world and Olympic champions Svetlana Krivelyova and Olga Kuzenkova have been banned for two years each for failing drugs tests after their samples were re-examined, the Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) announced today.Turkish Olympic 1500m champion facing life ban after positive test
By Duncan Mackay
March 22 - Turkey's Olympic 1500 metres champion Asli Cakir Alptekin faces a lifetime ban after blood "abnormalities" were discovered in her samples, indicating that she had been using banned performance-enhancing drugs.
March 22 - Turkey's Olympic 1500 metres champion Asli Cakir Alptekin faces a lifetime ban after blood "abnormalities" were discovered in her samples, indicating that she had been using banned performance-enhancing drugs. People will say we have done credit to the Olympic legacy, insists Caborn
By Emily Goddard
March 22 - Richard Caborn, the former British Sports Minister, is so confident in his redevelopment proposals for Sheffield's condemned Don Valley Stadium that he thinks people will look back and view it as a "credit to the Olympic legacy".
March 22 - Richard Caborn, the former British Sports Minister, is so confident in his redevelopment proposals for Sheffield's condemned Don Valley Stadium that he thinks people will look back and view it as a "credit to the Olympic legacy".Italian legend Mennea dies at age of 60
By Duncan Mackay
March 21 - Italy's Pietro Mennea, the Moscow 1980 Olympic 200 metres champion and former world record holder, has died at the age of 60.
March 21 - Italy's Pietro Mennea, the Moscow 1980 Olympic 200 metres champion and former world record holder, has died at the age of 60. More stories
- Bannister versus Landy 1954 "Miracle Mile" film released
- Chancellor confirms top athletes will get tax exemption for major events in Britain
- Injury forces Dibaba out of 2013 Virgin London Marathon
- English athletes stunned by Commonwealth Games standards
- IAAF investigating 17 athletes for doping offences through Biological Passport system
- British Athletics to send first official teams to Penn Relays
- Don Valley Stadium proposals unveiled as "biggest Olympic legacy project outside of London"
- Pearson commits to Glasgow 2014 as 500 days to go landmark reached
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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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