Copernicus Cup is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February at the multi-purpose sports and entertainment Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland. The meeting is currently an IAAF World Indoor Tour Meeting.[1] In 2019, the competition's title sponsor was PKN Orlen.[2]

Copernicus Cup
The host stadium – the Arena Toruń
DateFebruary
LocationToruń, Poland Poland
Event typeIndoor track and field
Established2015
Official siteCopernicus Cup
2024 Copernicus Cup

The venue also hosted the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships from 4 to 7 March 2021.

Editions edit

Ed. Name Date Ref
1st 2015 Copernicus Cup 3 Feb 2015 [3]
2nd 2016 Copernicus Cup 12 Feb 2016 [4]
3rd 2017 Copernicus Cup 10 Feb 2017 [5]
4th 2018 Copernicus Cup 14 Feb 2018 [6]
5th 2019 Copernicus Cup 6 Feb 2019 [7]
6th 2020 Copernicus Cup 8 Feb 2020 [8]
7th 2021 Copernicus Cup 16 Feb 2021 [9]
8th 2022 Copernicus Cup 21 Feb 2022 [10]
9th 2023 Copernicus Cup 7 Feb 2023 [11]
10th 2024 Copernicus Cup 6 Feb 2024

World records edit

Over the course of its history, one world record has been set at the Copernicus Cup.

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2020 Pole vault 6.17 m Armand Duplantis   Sweden

Meeting Records edit

 
Copernicus Cup in 2019

Men edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Ref
60 m 6.46 Ronnie Baker   United States 10 February 2017 [12]
400 m 45.59 Bralon Taplin   Grenada 10 February 2017 [13]
800 m 1:43.63 Elliot Giles   Great Britain 17 February 2021 [14]
1500 m 3:32.97 Selemon Barega   Ethiopia 17 February 2021 [15]
3000 m 7:25.82 Selemon Barega   Ethiopia 6 February 2024 2024 [16]
60 m hurdles 7.38 Grant Holloway   United States 17 February 2021 [17]
High jump 2.34 m Maksim Nedasekau   Belarus 17 February 2021 [18]
Andriy Protsenko   Ukraine 17 February 2021 [19]
Gianmarco Tamberi   Italy 17 February 2021 [20]
Pole vault 6.17 m Armand Duplantis   Sweden 8 February 2020 [21]
Long jump 8.40 m Miltiadis Tentoglou   Greece 8 February 2023 2023 [22]
Triple jump 17.61 m Andy Díaz   Italy 6 February 2024 2024 [23]
Shot put 22.00 m Konrad Bukowiecki   Poland 15 February 2018 [24]

Women edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Ref
60 m 7.01 Ewa Swoboda   Poland 6 February 2024 2024 [25]
400 m 50.57 Lieke Klaver   Netherlands 6 February 2024 2024 [26]
800 m 1:57.86 Habitam Alemu   Ethiopia 6 February 2024 2024 [27]
1500 m 3:54.77 Gudaf Tsegay   Ethiopia 22 February 2022 [28]
Mile 4:16.16 Gudaf Tsegay   Ethiopia 8 February 2023 2023 [29]
3000 m 8:31.24 Lemlem Hailu   Ethiopia 17 February 2021 [30]
60 m hurdles 7.79 Pia Skrzyszowska   Poland 8 February 2023 2023 [31]
High jump 2.00 m Mariya Lasitskene   Russia 15 February 2018 [24]
Pole vault 4.60 m Nicole Büchler    Switzerland 10 February 2017 [32]
Long jump 6.96 m Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk   Ukraine 8 February 2020 [33]
Triple jump 14.60 m Paraskevi Papahristou   Greece 17 February 2021 [34]
Shot put 18.97 m Christina Schwanitz   Germany 6 February 2019 [35]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "IAAF: IAAF World Indoor Tour 2017". IAAF. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ^ "PODSUMOWANIE KONFERENCJI PRASOWEJ ORLEN COPERNICUS CUP TORUŃ 2019" (in Polish). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Copernicus Cup TORUŃ, 3 February/lutego 2015" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl.
  4. ^ "Copernicus Cup TORUŃ, 12 February/lutego 2016" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl.
  5. ^ "OFFICIAL RESULTS Copernicus Cup 2017 TORUŃ, 10 lutego/February 2017 Reakcja" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl.
  6. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12904033". Tilastopaja.
  7. ^ "OFFICIAL RESULTS Copernicus Cup 2019 TORUŃ, 6 lutego/February 2019" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl.
  8. ^ "OFFICIAL RESULTS Copernicus Cup 2020 TORUŃ, 8 lutego/February 2020" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl.
  9. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12976622". Tilastopaja.
  10. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #13002183". Tilastopaja.
  11. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #13028106". Tilastopaja.
  12. ^ "60m Results". IAAF. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  13. ^ "400m Results". IAAF. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  14. ^ "800m Results" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  15. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  16. ^ "3000m Result" (PDF). copernicus.domtel-sport.pl. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  17. ^ "60m Hurdles Results" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  18. ^ "High Jump Results" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  19. ^ "High Jump Results" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  20. ^ "High Jump Results" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Armand Duplantis sets pole vault world record in Poland". BBC. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  22. ^ Whittington, Jess (8 February 2023). "Tsegay triumphs with No.2 all-time indoor mile in Torun". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Triple Jump Result" (PDF). copernicus.domtel-sport.pl. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Lisek and Bukowiecki dominate in Torun". IAAF. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  25. ^ "60m Results" (PDF). copernicus.domtel-sport.pl. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  26. ^ "400m Results" (PDF). copernicus.domtel-sport.pl. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  27. ^ "800m Results" (PDF). copernicus.domtel-sport.pl. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  28. ^ "1500m Result" (PDF). copernicus.domtel-sport.pl. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  29. ^ Whittington, Jess (8 February 2023). "Tsegay triumphs with No.2 all-time indoor mile in Torun". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  30. ^ "3000m Results" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  31. ^ Whittington, Jess (8 February 2023). "Tsegay triumphs with No.2 all-time indoor mile in Torun". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  32. ^ "Pole Vault Results". IAAF. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  33. ^ Bob Ramsak (8 February 2020). "6.17! Duplantis breaks world pole vault record in Torun". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  34. ^ "Triple Jump Results" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  35. ^ Bob Ramsak (6 February 2019). "Tefera clocks 3:35.57 world lead in Torun". IAAF. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

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