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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
British Athletics to send first official teams to Penn Relays
By Mike Rowbottom
March 13 - British Athletics will, for the first time, send an official team to next month's Penn Relays in Philadelphia as part of its build-up for this summer's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Moscow.
March 13 - British Athletics will, for the first time, send an official team to next month's Penn Relays in Philadelphia as part of its build-up for this summer's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Moscow.Don Valley Stadium proposals unveiled as "biggest Olympic legacy project outside of London"
By Emily Goddard
March 12 - Plans have been unveiled to transform the site of Sheffield's condemned Don Valley Stadium into a "sports and wellbeing park" in what is being dubbed as "the biggest Olympic legacy project outside of London".
March 12 - Plans have been unveiled to transform the site of Sheffield's condemned Don Valley Stadium into a "sports and wellbeing park" in what is being dubbed as "the biggest Olympic legacy project outside of London".Pearson commits to Glasgow 2014 as 500 days to go landmark reached
By Duncan Mackay
March 10 - Australis's Olympic 100 metres hurdles champion Sally Pearson has pledged her commitment to competing at next year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, a big boost to Scottish officials as they today celebrate 500 days until the Opening Ceremony.
March 10 - Australis's Olympic 100 metres hurdles champion Sally Pearson has pledged her commitment to competing at next year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, a big boost to Scottish officials as they today celebrate 500 days until the Opening Ceremony.Kotova, Kuzenkova and Ostapchuk among six positives after Helsinki 2005 re-tests
By Mike Rowbottom
March 8 - Six athletes, four from Belarus and two from Russia, face doping sanctions after samples given at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki were re-tested as part of the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) new strategic policy.
March 8 - Six athletes, four from Belarus and two from Russia, face doping sanctions after samples given at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki were re-tested as part of the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) new strategic policy.Lavillenie's 6.07m pole vault vanishes, and Britain's European indoor gold arrives
By Mike Rowbottom at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg
March 3 - Never has a gold medallist been more wretched.
March 3 - Never has a gold medallist been more wretched. Vicaut gets European indoor 60m gold as he and Dasaolu share world-leading time
By Mike Rowbottom at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg
March 2 - France's Jimmy Vicaut won the 60 metres title here at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 6.48sec, a personal best by 0.05 and the fastest time run in the world this year.
March 2 - France's Jimmy Vicaut won the 60 metres title here at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 6.48sec, a personal best by 0.05 and the fastest time run in the world this year.Jessica Ennis' home stadium to be closed by Sheffield City Council
By Duncan Mackay
March 1 - Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium, built for the 1991 Summer Universiade and where Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis started her career and still trains, is to be closed.
March 1 - Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium, built for the 1991 Summer Universiade and where Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis started her career and still trains, is to be closed. "Siberian Express" Shubenko and Yanit bring first day at 2013 European Indoor Championships to rapid conclusion
By Mike Rowbottom at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg
March 1 - A 2013 world-leading performance of 7.49sec by Russia's "Siberian Express" Sergey Shubenko in the men's 60 metres hurdles, and a European rankings-leading effort and Turkish record of 7.89 in the women's 60m hurdles by Nevin Yanit brought the first full day of action here at the European Athletics Indoor Championships to a thrilling conclusion.
March 1 - A 2013 world-leading performance of 7.49sec by Russia's "Siberian Express" Sergey Shubenko in the men's 60 metres hurdles, and a European rankings-leading effort and Turkish record of 7.89 in the women's 60m hurdles by Nevin Yanit brought the first full day of action here at the European Athletics Indoor Championships to a thrilling conclusion.Gothenburg seek to host 2021 IAAF World Championships as "jewel in crown" for 400th anniversary celebrations
By Mike Rowbottom in Gothenburg
February 28 - Gothenburg, which is hosting the European Athletics Indoor Championships for the third time this weekend, will seek to bid for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Outdoor Championships in 2021, the year in which the city marks its 400th anniversary.
February 28 - Gothenburg, which is hosting the European Athletics Indoor Championships for the third time this weekend, will seek to bid for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Outdoor Championships in 2021, the year in which the city marks its 400th anniversary.More stories
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- Stewart leaves UK Athletics amid angry scenes
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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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