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Last week both Bragdið and Hvirlan held open meets at the Tórsbreyt track. On Thursday evening Bragdið organised events over 60, 100, 200 and 800 metres and the long jump, and on Sunday Hvirlan organised a discus and javelin competition.
Just before the competition started on Thursday evening, the wind swung round to the east and the sprinters ran straight into a headwind. Even so, Rói Holgarsson came very close to the qualification standard for the Island Games, which is 23.49. Rói’s hand-timed result was 23.5. As darkness gradually took over from the daylight, the electronic timing system unfortunately could not be used for the last sprints. Hopefully Rói will get another chance to shave off that last 1/100 of a second.
On Sunday it was two javelin throwers in particular who showed their strength. Marita Petersen and Hanus Bergsson both managed to throw further than the new A standard that applies now they have moved up an age group. Both set personal bests, but Hanus stood out in particular: even though he now throws with a 700 g javelin, he threw well beyond anything he has managed before. Hanus’s result was 46.83 metres, or about 3 metres further than when he threw with a 600 g javelin last year! Marita’s result was 25.36 metres. That gives us new age-group records for D17 and G13!
All the other results can be found at www.bragdid.fo and www.hvirlan.fo
