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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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Equestrian
Ireland replaces one drugs-tainted show jumper with another for London 2012
By Duncan Mackay
July 10 - Denis Lynch has been replaced in Ireland's show jumping team for London 2012 by Cian O'Connor, who was stripped of the Olympic gold medal at Athens in 2004 after his horse tested positive for banned drugs.
July 10 - Denis Lynch has been replaced in Ireland's show jumping team for London 2012 by Cian O'Connor, who was stripped of the Olympic gold medal at Athens in 2004 after his horse tested positive for banned drugs.Irish show jumper banned at Beijing 2008 in new Olympic row after dropped for London 2012
By Duncan Mackay
July 9 - Irish show jumper Denis Lynch and his horse Lantinus are at the centre of a new Olympic row four years after testing positive for banned drugs at Beijing when he was tonight dropped from the team for London 2012.
July 9 - Irish show jumper Denis Lynch and his horse Lantinus are at the centre of a new Olympic row four years after testing positive for banned drugs at Beijing when he was tonight dropped from the team for London 2012.Wilson earns eleventh-hour Olympic call-up after horse injury wrecks "shattered" French's eventing dreams
By Mike Rowbottom
July 3 - Equestrian rider Piggy French, who won the Olympic test event at Greenwich Park last summer on DHI Topper W (pictured left), has been forced to pull out of the five-strong British eventing team because of an injury to her horse.
July 3 - Equestrian rider Piggy French, who won the Olympic test event at Greenwich Park last summer on DHI Topper W (pictured left), has been forced to pull out of the five-strong British eventing team because of an injury to her horse.Skelton set for sixth Olympics as equestrian jumping quartet named in Team GB
By Tom Degun
July 2 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced that the four jumping athletes of Scott Brash, Peter Charles, Ben Maher and veteran Nick Skelton will join Team GB for the London 2012 equestrian competition at Greenwich Park along with their horses.
July 2 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced that the four jumping athletes of Scott Brash, Peter Charles, Ben Maher and veteran Nick Skelton will join Team GB for the London 2012 equestrian competition at Greenwich Park along with their horses.Olympic horse inspection will now be open to public, announces a bowed London 2012
By Tom Degun
July 2 - London 2012 has announced that the final horse inspection of the Olympic eventing competition will be open to the public just days after Hugh Thomas, one of the most senior figures in equestrian sport and godfather to the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, resigned from his technical role over the issue.
July 2 - London 2012 has announced that the final horse inspection of the Olympic eventing competition will be open to the public just days after Hugh Thomas, one of the most senior figures in equestrian sport and godfather to the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, resigned from his technical role over the issue.Phillips' godfather quits London 2012 technical role over ticketing row
By Tom Degun
June 26 - Hugh Thomas, one of the most senior figures in equestrian sport and godfather to the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, has resigned from his high profile technical role at London 2012 following a row over ticketing.
June 26 - Hugh Thomas, one of the most senior figures in equestrian sport and godfather to the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, has resigned from his high profile technical role at London 2012 following a row over ticketing.Saudi Arabian woman's hopes of making history at London 2012 ruined by injury
By Duncan Mackay
June 25 - The only Saudi Arabian female who had a realistic chance of qualifying to compete at London 2012 by right will miss the Olympics even though her country has lifted its ban on women representing the country.
June 25 - The only Saudi Arabian female who had a realistic chance of qualifying to compete at London 2012 by right will miss the Olympics even though her country has lifted its ban on women representing the country.Romney's horse to compete at London 2012 Olympic Games
By Tom Degun
June 23 - Ann Romney, the wife of the Republican's United States Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is set to have a horse competing at the London 2012 Olympics this summer with the couple both scheduled to be in the capital for the Games.
June 23 - Ann Romney, the wife of the Republican's United States Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is set to have a horse competing at the London 2012 Olympics this summer with the couple both scheduled to be in the capital for the Games."I would rather get on with competition than go to Opening Ceremony", insists Zara Phillips
By Mike Rowbottom at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich
June 19 - The Queen's grand-daughter Zara Phillips, who is due to emulate her parents, the Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, by competing on a horse at an Olympic Games, is looking forward to staying in the Olympic Village at London 2012 – but not particularly bothered about missing the Opening Ceremony.
June 19 - The Queen's grand-daughter Zara Phillips, who is due to emulate her parents, the Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, by competing on a horse at an Olympic Games, is looking forward to staying in the Olympic Village at London 2012 – but not particularly bothered about missing the Opening Ceremony.More stories
- Queen's granddaughter picked for London 2012 by Team GB
- Morocco among bidders for 2018 World Equestrian Games
- Praise for Sports Minister after Blair Castle wins bid to host 2015 FEI European Eventing Championships
- Equestrian world "devastated" following death of FEI medical chair Dr Craig Ferrell
- FEI calls for modernisation of international sport horse transportation standards
- Saudi Equestrian Fund to finance new look FEI Nations Cup series
- Equestrian ace Fox-Pitt denied shot at Badminton title after rain forces cancellation
- Saudi Arabia at centre of new London 2012 scandal
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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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