Thorpe Cup
The Thorpe Cup is an annual international decathlon and heptathlon meeting between the United States and Germany.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.deutscher-leichtathletik-verband.de/index.php?NavID=122&SiteID=28&NewsID=23807|title=Tom Pappas in Marburg mit 8.569 Punkten stark|first=Christian|last=Fuchs|work=Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband|date=9 August 2009|accessdate=10 August 2010|language=German}}{{cite web|url=http://www.marburg.de/detail/84847|title=Tom Pappas erreicht mit 8569 Punkten Platz zwei der aktuellen Weltrangliste im Zehnkampf|work=Marburg.de|date=12 August 2009|accessdate=10 August 2010|language=German}}
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External links
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- [http://www.zehnkampfteam.de/ Zehnkampfteam.de] – Germany's decathlon team {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.leichtathletik.de/results/3275_marburg_thorpe_07080810.htm 2010 results] at leichtathletik.de
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716194936/http://www.unipanthers.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/050610aaa.html Steele Named 2010 USA Decathlon Coach]
- [http://www.deutscher-leichtathletik-verband.de/index.php?NavID=1&SiteID=28&NewsID=29168&Year=2010&IsArchive=1 Deutsche Zehnkämpfer gewinnen Thorpe Cup] {{in lang|de}}
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