Thorpe Cup

The Thorpe Cup is an international contest of ten fighters and seven fighters from Germany and the United States. He first took place in 1993 and was held in the years 2009, 2010 and 2012 in the Hessian town of Marburg. The competition is according to Jim Thorpe, Olympic champion from 1912, named.

History

Since 1993, the first Visa Cup meeting called competition between the two strongest nations decathlon is performed as a top-class international competition. It was founded by the former German national coach Claus Marek and the U.S. head coach Harry Mara. The first edition took place in 1993 in Aachen. Only once, in 2004, the contest turned out. Since 2006, the seven fighters are integrated into the cup. In 2007, the competition received its present name.

The Cup was held alternately in Germany and the United States by 2009. 2008, the Cup was held in Manhattan in the U.S. state of Kansas. 2009 and 2010 were also the athletes at the Georg - Gassmann -Stadion in Marburg against each other. The university town was awarded the contract for the re- orientation due to the large audience popularity, and is an integral venue for the Thorpe Cup in conversation.

In previously 18 decathlon requirements, the Americans won 13 times, Germany won five victories. The heptathlon women won every nation so far 3 times.

In addition to the competitors and athletes take part in out of competition. So came 2012, a week before the Olympics with Ashton Eaton, the favorites for gold in London, the German Olympic participants Rico Freimuth and Jan Felix Knobel in some competitions to.

Mode

In the decathlon seven athletes from both countries compete against each other, five of them coming in the standings. The Seven fighters there are five athletes per nation, of which the best three will count.

Thorpe Cup 2009

Several thousand spectators witnessed on August 8 and 9, 2009, the 16th Thorpe Cup in Marburg Stadium. The individual competition of the decathlon competition was won by the Americans Tom Pappas, World Champion of 2003, with 8569 points, which meant a record for the Cup. He was thus the outstanding athlete in the victory of the Americans ( 39 462 points ) over the German decathlon team ( 35,927 points). Second with 7892 points was with Joe Dettmer another American. Third overall and best German was the Junior World Champion 2008 Jan Felix Knobel, who came up with 7758 points.

Single winner at the Seven fighters was the US-American Liz Roehrig. With 5990 points, it was just before the Germans Christine Schulz ( 5974 points) and their teammate Claudia Rath ( 5941 points). In the team standings the German women victorious with over 1000 points ahead ( 17,680 compared to 16,650 points).