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At the weekend the final of the Danish team championship in the elite division was held at Sparta’s home ground, Østerbro Stadion. Among the six clubs in the final was Hvidovre AM, the club Rúni Seloy usually represents when he competes in Danish championships. As soon as Rúni ran his superb time at the Island Games, he was invited to take part in the DM final.
Rúni, who is only 15 years old, was the youngest of all the men that day, but that did not stop him from getting a fine result. After a fast first lap of just under 57 sec., he also managed to run the 2nd lap in just under 60 sec., giving a total time of 1:56.73. That is 1.22 sec., or about 8 metres, faster than at the Island Games! This was enough for 4th place and 3 points for Hvidovre, which they had not otherwise counted on.
With his time of 1:56.73 Rúni has also become the second-fastest Faroese runner ever, and there can be little doubt that next year he will take the record held by Marna Joensen, which is 1:55.5.
Now that Rúni has broken the 1:57 barrier, he has also achieved the Danish qualification standard for the youth Olympics, which will be held in Finland in 2011. Another youth Olympics, organised by the IOC, will be held in Singapore in 2010. The qualification standards for that competition have not yet been published.
This was Rúni’s last competition this year, and FÍF congratulates Rúni on his superb result and on a successful competitive season overall.
More about Rúni can also be read at www.bragdid.fo, where there is also a link to all the results from the competition.
