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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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Tennis
Savić loses CAS appeal against lifetime ban from tennis
By David Gold
September 15 - Serbian tennis player David Savić has lost an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against his lifetime ban from the sport for match-fixing.
September 15 - Serbian tennis player David Savić has lost an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against his lifetime ban from the sport for match-fixing.Murray beats Djokovic to win first British grand slam for 76 years
By David Gold
September 10 - Andy Murray capped a remarkable summer for British sport as he made tennis history by winning the US Open at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York with a dramatic victory over Novak Djokovic tonight.
September 10 - Andy Murray capped a remarkable summer for British sport as he made tennis history by winning the US Open at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York with a dramatic victory over Novak Djokovic tonight.Tennis star Nadal hosts Ace Rafa competition winners
By Mike Rowbottom
August 13 - Rafael Nadal served for the first time since Wimbledon last month as he shook up some cocktails and mocktails for 20 Bacardi Limited competition winners who had flown into Mallorca, Spain.
August 13 - Rafael Nadal served for the first time since Wimbledon last month as he shook up some cocktails and mocktails for 20 Bacardi Limited competition winners who had flown into Mallorca, Spain.Magical Murray finally breaks through to earn emotional Olympic tennis gold
By Andrew Warshaw on Centre Court at Wimbledon
August 5 - Andy Murray saved the performance of his life for the Olympic men's tennis final today as he clinched another gold medal for Britain and denied Roger Federer – perhaps the best player the world has ever seen – the one accolade missing from a trophy cabinet comprising a record 17 Grand Slam titles.
August 5 - Andy Murray saved the performance of his life for the Olympic men's tennis final today as he clinched another gold medal for Britain and denied Roger Federer – perhaps the best player the world has ever seen – the one accolade missing from a trophy cabinet comprising a record 17 Grand Slam titles.Unstoppable Williams wallops shell-shocked Sharapova to lift Olympic tennis singles crown with historic performance
By Andrew Warshaw on Centre Court at Wimbledon
August 4 - Four weeks to the day since she won her fifth Wimbledon singles crown, Serena Williams returned to the Centre Court to achieve her one remaining goal today: capturing Olympic gold for the United States with a ruthless 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova in just 63 minutes in what was the most one-sided final in the Games' history.
August 4 - Four weeks to the day since she won her fifth Wimbledon singles crown, Serena Williams returned to the Centre Court to achieve her one remaining goal today: capturing Olympic gold for the United States with a ruthless 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova in just 63 minutes in what was the most one-sided final in the Games' history.Federer through to face Murray in London 2012 final after longest Olympic match in history
By Tom Degun on Centre Court at Wimbledon
August 3 - Swiss tennis icon Roger Federer has booked his spot in the London 2012 gold medal match, where he will face a rematch with Britain's Andy Murray, in dramatic fashion here by defeating Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro 3-6, 7-6, 19-17 in an epic 4 hour 26 minute encounter, the longest Olympic tennis match in history.
August 3 - Swiss tennis icon Roger Federer has booked his spot in the London 2012 gold medal match, where he will face a rematch with Britain's Andy Murray, in dramatic fashion here by defeating Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro 3-6, 7-6, 19-17 in an epic 4 hour 26 minute encounter, the longest Olympic tennis match in history.To be an Olympian means so much to me, says Baltacha
By Andrew Warshaw at Wimbledon
July 28 - She may only be the British number four and unlikely to win a tennis medal but Elena Baltacha has a special reason for treasuring every moment of London 2012.
July 28 - She may only be the British number four and unlikely to win a tennis medal but Elena Baltacha has a special reason for treasuring every moment of London 2012.I hope Wawrinka beats Murray at London 2012, says Federer
By David Gold at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London
July 26 - Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer says he hopes Stanislas Wawrinka, with whom he won the Olympic doubles gold four years' ago, beats British number one Andy Murray in their first round London 2012 clash at Wimbledon.
July 26 - Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer says he hopes Stanislas Wawrinka, with whom he won the Olympic doubles gold four years' ago, beats British number one Andy Murray in their first round London 2012 clash at Wimbledon.Tennis draw for London 2012 to be held on Thursday
By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London
July 22 - The draw for the London 2012 tennis tournament, which features both recent men's Wimbledon finalists Roger Federer and Andy Murray (pictured), will be staged at the All England Club on Thursday (July 26) with seedings based on the most up-to-date world rankings.
July 22 - The draw for the London 2012 tennis tournament, which features both recent men's Wimbledon finalists Roger Federer and Andy Murray (pictured), will be staged at the All England Club on Thursday (July 26) with seedings based on the most up-to-date world rankings.More stories
- Injury forces Nadal to give up hope of second tennis Olympic gold at London 2012
- Olympics made me a "changed man", says Federer
- I'll be very motivated at Wimbledon, says Murray after being selected for Team GB
- Nalbandian disqualified in Queen's final after kicking line judge
- Safina tips Sharapova for London 2012 tennis honours and urges media to "support" Murray
- Sport England chair Richard Lewis appointed chief executive at Wimbledon
- Djokovic and Nadal lined up for charity battle in Spain's Bernebéu
- "Tennis at the Olympics has become a big deal," insists British star Murray
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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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