LONDON (AP) - A silver cup awarded to the winner of the first modern-day Olympic marathon sold for more than 540,000 pounds ($865,000) Wednesday, Christie's auction house said.
Spyros Louis was presented with the cup by Greece's King George I for his Athens victory in the 25-mile (roughly 40-kilometer) race in 1896, a course which was slightly shorter than today's 26.2-mile-long marathon.
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