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This weekend the Danish Championships for both seniors and juniors will be held at the athletics hall in Skive. Last year Bjørk Herup Olsen took part in this competition, winning gold in the 3000 m and silver in the 1500 m in the Girls 16-17 category.
This year there are six of us, and we will compete in 12 events in total. Jóan Karl Joensen and Rúni Seloy from Bragdið are both running the 800 m on Saturday and the 1500 m on Sunday. Jóan Karl competes in the men’s race and Rúni in Boys 14-15. Jan Elmar Sørensen from Treysti runs the 3000 m on Saturday and the 1500 m on Sunday. He competes in the Boys 18-19 category. Guttorm Sørensen, who is team manager, also intends to take the opportunity to get a race in, and that will be the 3000 m on Saturday.
On Saturday Bjørk Herup Olsen from Bragdið will try to defend her 3000 m gold medal from last year. This time, however, in an older age group, namely Girls 18-19. On Sunday she runs the 1500 m. Rebekka Fuglø from Treysti will take part in three events. On Saturday she first runs the 200 m and later the 800 m. On Sunday she is to run the 400 m. Rebekka runs in the Girls 16-17 category.
If we are to judge where the best medal chances lie, we must first turn our eyes to the same athletes who won Danish Championship gold outdoors last summer. Rúni Seloy is now in the oldest year of his age group, and certainly has good chances of a medal in both the 800 m and the 1500 m. The same can be said of Bjørk Herup Olsen, even though she has moved up an age group. Judging by the entry times, Rebekka also has a chance of winning medals in both the 400 m and the 800 m.
But Island Games selection is also at stake. Here Jóan Karl has long been edging closer to the qualifying time. In Iceland he was one second short, so now it has to happen! Many Faroese indoor records, age-group records and not least personal bests are also under threat. It will be exciting in any case, and there will be more to read about the results early next week.
