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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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The World Class Swimming Programme, one of the five aquatic disciplines, within British Swimming is seeking a successful leader to strategically manage the Sports Science and Sports Medicine (SSSM) programme.
Britain’s Adcock and Bankier out of French Open
Sunday, 28 October 2012
October 28 – It was third time unlucky for Britain's Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier as they suffered their third consecutive defeat at the hands of badminton's world number one pairing from China, Xu Chen and Ma Jin, in the semi-finals of the French Open. The Anglo-Scottish pair (pictured above), seeded seventh, lost 21-14 21-19 to the top seeds, saving a match point at 20-18 before the Chinese took victory on their second match point.
The 2011 world silver medallists are seeking to finish the year on a high after a disappointing Olympics.
Britain's Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier were beaten by China's Xu Chen (left) and Ma Jin, pictured here in action at the London 2012 Olympic Games They failed to qualify for the quarter-finals after losing their opening two matches at London 2012.
Their next tournaments will be November's China Open and Hong Kong Open, the last two events of the 2012 Super Series.
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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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