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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.
Women’s London 2012 basketball groups confirmed
Thursday, 05 July 2012
July 5 - With the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women (OQTW) now completed, the groups and schedule of the London 2012 Olympic basketball women's tournament have been finalised. Having just secured qualification at the recent OQTW, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France (pictured above) and Turkey joined the Olympic line-up of already qualified teams, allowing the London 2012 two groups to be drawn.
Group A comprises: Angola; Croatia; China; Czech Republic; Turkey; and the United States.
While Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France and Russia make up Group B.
The three remaining places at the men's Olympic basketball tournament are yet to be decided pending on the outcomes at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men (OQT) in Caracas, Venezuela, due to finish on Sunday (July 8).
London 2012 basketball tournaments for men and women take place from July 28 until August 12 at the Olympic Basketball Arena and the North Greenwich Arena.
Click here for full schedule details of the women's matches.
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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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