Going well in Sweden

Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.

So far things have gone very well for the Faroese runners competing at VU-Spelen in Gothenburg this weekend. They have already set a Faroese record and several personal bests.

On Friday evening Jan Elmar Sørensen ran the 800 m in the boys 17 category, setting a personal best of 2:09.46 min.

On Saturday all three were in action. Bjørk Herup Olsen got off to a flying start, setting a new Faroese women’s record and age-group record over 1,500 m with a time of 4:48.41 min, almost 6 seconds faster than the old record of 4:54.19 min, which Bjørk herself held. This excellent result earned her 5th place in the girls 17 category, which had 29 participants in total.

After Bjørk’s excellent result, it was Jan Elmar’s turn over 1,500 m. Here too he set a personal best, with a time of 4:29.52 min, a big improvement for him. After crossing the finish line, however, he felt he still had more to give, which bodes well for good results ahead.

Later on Saturday evening Jóan Karl Joensen competed in the men’s 400 m. He managed to run the distance in 52.96 sec, which is also a personal best. His previous personal best was 53.07 sec.

Today, Sunday 29 June, Bjørk and Jóan Karl will run the 800 m, and straight after the race all three will go to a training camp in Stenungsund for a few days together with other young athletes from the Nordic countries.