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This winter and spring Hvirlan has held several open competitions at the Tórsbreyt track. It is fair to say that the focused training at Hvirlan appears to be paying off. The first competition was on 3 April, and it saw the first ever high jump competition at the Tórsbreyt track. Trygvi Laksafoss (1994) cleared 1.63 m, which meets the B standard for FÍF’s talent group. Trygvi also had some very good attempts at 1.66 m, which is the A standard.
There was another competition at the Tórsbreyt track this morning. In the javelin, both Helgi Geyti (1993) and Hanus Bergsson (1995) threw past the B standard mark. With his 41.69 m, Helgi was just 31 cm short of throwing the 700 g javelin 42.0 m and thereby meeting the A standard. Hanus was a little further from the A standard, but managed to throw his 600 g javelin 36.79 m. The A standard is 40.0 m.
Meeting the B standard means that an athlete takes part in the talent group’s training sessions and training camps. To be selected for competitions abroad, the A standard must also be met.
There was also a javelin competition on 13 March, when Rógvi Højgaard threw a full 56.75 m. This is the furthest Rógvi has thrown for quite some time, and the second-longest throw ever by a Faroese athlete. Only Rógvi himself has thrown further. That was at the Lyngby Games in 2007, when he set the current Faroese record of 57.74 m. Rógvi has therefore already met the A standard for next year’s Island Games. Things certainly look exciting for him. Hopefully he will seriously close in on 60 metres this summer and be in the running for a medal at the Island Games.
FÍF congratulates them on their fine results!
The results from the competitions can be found at www.hvirlan.fo
