Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
After setting a Faroese record over 3000 metres on Friday evening and over 1500 metres on Saturday, Bjørk Herup Olsen was due to run the 800 metres on Sunday evening. Bjørk already holds the 800 metres record herself, but it is now two years old. And although many attempts have been made to improve the record, it has not yet succeeded. This is perhaps mostly because her training has become more focused on distances from 1500 upwards.
Bjørk ready to start the 800m
She was in second place after the first lap
00 or 01 – a record is a record, and Bjørk can be pleased that she has finally managed to take another good second off her time over 800 m. This winter Bjørk set Faroese indoor records over 1500 and 3000 metres. This summer she has improved the Faroese records over 800, 1500, 3000 and 5000 metres, as well as setting personal bests over 5 and 10 kilometres.
Here Bjørk comes sprinting for all she is worth to set her third Faroese record in three days
After the summer holidays Bjørk will face other, completely new challenges and opportunities. She is moving across the ocean to North Carolina, where she will attend university. It has also been agreed that she will run for the university, where there are other top runners as well as coaches. So it would be strange if Bjørk did not go on to set many more new records in the future.
A happy Bjørk after the 800m race
