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The final round of this summer’s Grand Prix was held at Ólavsøka. There was little suspense going into this round, as several of the winners had already been decided. In the men’s competition the only question was third place, because Guttorm Sørensen of Treysti and Regin Zachariasen of Bragdið had already secured 1st and 2nd place beforehand. Jóan Karl Joensen and Sam Vang of Bragdið were competing for third place. Jóan Karl was ahead going into this round and needed to avoid finishing too far behind Sam to hold on to third place. But it did not turn out that way: Sam finished fourth and got 26 points, while Jóan Karl finished tenth (in the Grand Prix) and got 12 points.
In the final standings Guttorm won with the maximum score, i.e. 160 points, ahead of Regin with 128 points and Sam with 116 points. Jóan Karl got 106 points.
In the women’s competition Fríðunn Steinberg of Treysti was in the lead before Ólavsøka, while Rannvá Djurholm of Bragdið was in second place. Rannvá’s only chance of winning the Grand Prix was to win the race at Ólavsøka and secure 40 points, but that was going to be difficult, because Bjørk Herup Olsen of Bragdið was also taking part in the Ólavsøka Run. Bjørk won while Rannvá finished second, and so Fríðunn, who was absent, became the winner of the Grand Prix. The battle for third place was between Karin K. Petersen and Susan Jacobsen of Treysti. Karin was better placed before Ólavsøka and needed to avoid finishing too far behind Susan. They finished fourth and fifth respectively (in the Grand Prix), and so Karin secured third place in the women’s Grand Prix 2008.
In the final standings Fríðunn won with 154 points, ahead of Rannvá with 148 points and Karin with 117 points. Susan, in fourth place, got 108 points.
In the veterans’ categories everything had been decided before Ólavsøka. In the men’s 45+ Regin Zachariasen of Bragdið won with the maximum score, i.e. 160 points, ahead of Absalon Hansen of Bragdið with 132 points. In the men’s 55+ Krisjan Christiansen of Bragdið won with 146 points, ahead of Harry Hansen of Roysnið with 122 points.
The final standings of the Grand Prix 2008 can be found here (pdf).
