Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
A row of flags from our Nordic guests hung neatly and fluttered, while the clear voice of the Swede Daniel Bergin rang out across the whole of Tórsbreyt on Saturday, when Hvirlan organised “Jatnatøk”. It must be said that this was a quite remarkable competition for our part of the world, because it is the first time, apart from the Island Games in 1989, that an international athletics competition has taken place on Faroese soil.
10 foreign athletes and 20 Faroese athletes met that afternoon, and there was competition in many events. Several of the contests were both good and exciting, and both the guests and the Faroese athletes set some personal bests. A Faroese record also fell when Bjørk Herup Olsen ran 5,000 m in 17:49.7.
A full report, all the results and a wealth of photos from Jatnatøk can be found on Hvirlan’s website, www.hvirlan.fo
