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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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First world girls hockey day celebrated worldwide
Sunday, 02 October 2011
October 2 - The first World Girls' Hockey Day has taken place across four continents and 19 countries, the first time the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has staged the event, which will be repeated every year.
Thousands of girls joined in the fun today as professional athletes helped to inspire the next generation of hockey aspirants.
The event is designed to introduce girls to hockey in a fun and positive environment, giving them the opportunity to both hone a potential new skill with a puck as well as meet new friends.
Nineteen countries' ice hockey federations, affiliates, clubs and hockey schools registered for the events, which took place from Australia to Finland.
A "Women's Hockey to Sochi 2014" strategy was unveiled after the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games by the IIHF, as they looked to make international hockey more competitive, with Canada having claimed the last three Olympic gold medals, as well as to generate more interest in the sport.
The IIHF supplied materials to national federations to help run the events, and activities included a training camp held in Novogorsk, Russia, and skills training in Almaty in Kazakhstan.
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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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