Thorpe Cup
The Thorpe Cup is an annual international decathlon and heptathlon meeting between the United States and Germany.
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The athletes from both countries following the 2010 Thorpe Cup
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The German flag at the 2010 Thorpe Cup
First held in 1993 in Aachen, the 2009 and 2010 events were staged at the Georg-Gaßmann-Stadion in Marburg. The meeting is named after the famous Olympian Jim Thorpe.
Tom Pappas holds the meeting record with 8569 points scored at the 2009 event.[1][2]
References
- Fuchs, Christian (9 August 2009). "Tom Pappas in Marburg mit 8.569 Punkten stark". Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- "Tom Pappas erreicht mit 8569 Punkten Platz zwei der aktuellen Weltrangliste im Zehnkampf". Marburg.de (in German). 12 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
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