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The young Faroese athletes who competed in Reykjavík at the weekend performed very well.
The start of the boys’ 13-14 800m at Reykjavík International. Numbers 3 and 4 from the left are Regin Joensen and Rúni Seloy
They left the Faroe Islands with Atlantic Airways on Friday and came back on Monday afternoon, also with Atlantic Airways. In Reykjavík they stayed at Hotel Ørkin, where a Faroese person feels very much at home.
On Friday evening the team leaders, Guttorm Sørensen and Hallur Holm, were invited to a reception, together with other team leaders, at “Høfði”, which became particularly famous when Reagan and Gorbachev met there in October 1986.
The competitions took place on Saturday and Sunday. FÍF’s Faroese representatives were Bjørk H.Olsen, Rúni Seloy and Regin Joensen from Bragdið and Rebekka Fuglø from Treysti. Steingrímur Hallsson also came along and competed for Bragdið. Considering the time of year, they achieved some very good results and ran some very good times.
When the competitions ended on Sunday afternoon, the young Faroese athletes had won no fewer than 6 golds and 3 bronze medals, and set 11 age-group records and 3 Faroese records. All of them also set personal bests.
Stórmót ÍR took place all day Saturday and on Sunday morning, while Reykjavík International was held on Sunday afternoon. Bjørk, Rúni and Regin had been invited to take part there. It should be mentioned that both Rúni and Regin had already raced that morning, but that did not hold them back at all.
On the whole, the trip went very well. The Icelanders were pleased to see Faroese athletes, were very friendly and would be glad to see more Faroese at Stórmót ÍR and Reykjavík International in 2009.
The facilities for sport in Iceland are good when it comes to halls, pitches and so on. The facilities for indoor athletics at Laugardalshøllin are outstanding. It would have been desirable to have equally good facilities for athletics in the Faroe Islands.
Below are all the results of the Faroese athletes at Stórmót ÍR:
Boys 11-12 (1996-1997)
60m (45 participants)
No. 14 Steingrímur Hallsson (1997) 9.75 s (age-group record)
800m (19 participants)
No. 3 Steingrímur Hallsson (1997) 2:47.68 min (age-group record)
Boys 13-14 (1994-1995)
60m (46 participants)
No. 1 Rúni Seloy (1994) 8.16 s (age-group record)
No. 17 Regin Joensen (1995) 9.11 s (age-group record)
200m (32 participants)
No. 1 Rúni Seloy (1994) 26.73 s (age-group record)
No. 10 Regin Joensen (1995) 30.39 s
800m (20 participants)
No. 1 Rúni Seloy (1994) 2:19.20 min (age-group record)
No. 4 Regin Joensen (1995) 2:36.38 min
Girls 15-16 (1992-1993)
400m (5 participants)
No. 3 Rebekka Fuglø 64.62 s (Faroese record & age-group record)
800m (3 participants)
No. 1 Rebekka Fuglø 2:32.44 min (age-group record)
Women 17- (1991-)
800m (7 participants)
No. 1 Bjørk Herup Olsen 2:23.12 min (Faroese record & age-group record)
Here are the results of the Faroese athletes at Reykjavík International:
Women
1 mile (1,609m) (7 participants)
No. 3 Bjørk Herup Olsen 5:19.35 min. (Faroese record & age-group record)
Boys 13-14 (1994-1995)
800m (8 participants)
No. 1 Rúni Seloy 2:10.56 min (age-group record)
No. 8 Regin Joensen 2:33.41 min
From the left: Hallur Holm, Steingrímur Hallsson, Bjørk Herup Olsen, Rúni Seloy, Rebekka Fuglø and Regin Joensen
