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In the finest conditions imaginable for athletics, everything was made ready for round 2 of GP BU. Rarely, if ever, has the weather been this good when athletics events have been organised at Svangaskarð. The turnout was also excellent. 78 participants and 164 entered starts promised an enjoyable and exciting competition.
Óluva Allansdóttir Joensen in the long jump
But then a spanner was thrown in the works. Although FÍF had secured the rights to the track through B68 several weeks earlier, they had forgotten all about it and scheduled a 1st division match at exactly the same time our competition was due to take place. Now we were in a tight spot. There was negotiating left and right, and in the end it was agreed that we would try to run both events and make allowances for each other. And it must be said that even though the competition was somewhat delayed and somewhat disrupted, it all worked out well.
Rúni Seloy first across the line in the 200 m
It is hard to pick out particular results from the whole lot, but two races looked beforehand as if they would be very exciting. Even though these are children’s and youth competitions, some of the athletes are among the very best in the country. And in two cases the stage was set for a duel between experience and a rising star. First in the 200 m, where we got a duel between the experienced Rebekka Fuglø and the up-and-coming Elsa Berg. Rebekka showed Elsa, however, that she has to go home and train more before she can call herself the fastest in the Faroes over 200 m. Rebekka was just 1/10 sec off her own record from the last Island Games. Elsa won the 14-15 age group, while Rebekka won the 16-17 age group.
Bjørk, Rebekka, Elsa and Dagmar passing 200 m in the 1,000 m race
The other duel was over 1,000 metres between the experienced Rúni Seloy, who was recently in Moscow and proved his worth internationally, and the rising star from Morskranes, Marnar Djurhuus, who last weekend set a meet record over 2,000 metres at the traditional competition in Savedalen, Sweden. Here too it was the older athlete who would not give up his place as the best middle-distance runner in the Faroes at the moment. He managed to put 7 seconds between himself and Marnar, but both showed that they are true talents. Rúni won the 16-17 age group, while Marnar won the 14-15 age group.
Tórur Mortensen putting the shot. Karin K. Petersen was the official in the shot put and Andreas Josephsen in the long jump
Tonight’s top scorers were Marnar Djurhuus (1,000 m), Bjørk Herup Olsen (1,000 m) and Dánjal Jákup Niclasen (200 m). But several of the younger athletes also did well, and among the new faces Tinna Berg Jørgensen and Katarina Høj deserve a mention, both scoring well above 700 points.
Gwenael, Regin, Rúni and Marnar just after the 1,000 m race
Treysti organised the competition. With newly qualified officials in all the events, this will also be the first competition here at home to be approved by Dansk Atletik Forbund – DAF. All the results will shortly be entered into DAF’s large results database, which can be found at www. statletik.dk
Rebekka, Bjørk, Dagmar, Anita and Elsa after the 1,000 m race
Round 3 of GP BU will be held in Tórshavn on Saturday 26 June. Hvirlan will be the host. You can find the events to be contested under “reglur” (rules) on the front page. More information about this competition will follow later.
Results 2.GBPU Middle distances
Photos taken by Jonhard Larsen can be found HERE
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