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After the events finished on Sunday afternoon and evening, we went to Liseberg to enjoy ourselves, so it was a bit late when we got back to our accommodation. There was no internet there, so we were not able to report on how the last day went.
Marnar won a bronze medal in the boys’ 17 3,000 m with a time of 8:57.01. The other two are Norwegians
This was again a day of good results. In fact, there were no fewer than 12 personal bests, and we also picked up another bronze medal when Marnar Djurhuus, with a very disciplined race, repeated his feat from the Island Games: in the final sprint he put an opponent in his place and shot off like an arrow with the bronze. We also got a Faroese record on Sunday. That was in the 200 metres, where Rebekka improved her record from 28.80 to 28.45 sec. Even so, she finished 49th of 49 in this event, which says quite a lot about how tough the competition is at VU-Spelen. So we came home with two bronze medals, one Faroese record, 20 age-group records, 26 personal bests and 8 top-ten placings in total. This has to be called a very good result, as the standard is roughly equivalent to that of a Nordic championships.
Below are some photos from the last day of competition, which was Sunday, along with all the results.
| Name | Friday 8 July | Saturday 9 July | Sunday 10 July |
| Daniel Djurhuus Rein ´90 | Long jump 6.44 m – no. 24/32 PB | 200 m 24.62 – no. 68/73 – PB | |
| Hans Jacobsen ´94 | 800 m 2:08.03 – 44/66 | 400 m 55.08 – 37/45 | 200 m 24.36 – 29/41 PB |
| Rúni Seloy ´94 | 800 m 1:58.19 – 5/66 | 400 m 52.88 – 16/45 PB | |
| Trygvi Laksafoss ´94 | 100 m 11.88 – 21/49 PB | High jump 160 cm 11/13 | |
| Regin Joensen ´95 | 800 m 2:07.01 – 39/66 PB | 400 m 54.25 – 27/45 PB | 200 m 25.06 – 37/45 PB |
| Hallur Simonsen ´95 | Shot put 9.88 m – 15/17 | Discus 32.49 – 16/20 | |
| Hanus Bergsson ´95 | Javelin 46.94 – 18/31 PB | Shot put 10.23 m – 14/17 | |
| Marnar Djurhuus ´95 | 1,500 m 4:12.10 – 7/39 PB | 3,000 m 8:57.01 – 3/34 PB | |
| Steingrímur Hallsson ´97 | 800 m 2:15.09 – 10/29 PB | 2,000 m 6:33.91 – 26/39 PB | |
| Steingrímur Hallsson ´97 | Javelin 30.47 m – 20/24 | ||
| Rebekka Fuglø ´93 | 400 m 63.36 – 18/25 | 200 m 28.45 – 49/49 Faroese record!! | |
| Rebekka Fuglø ´93 | 800 m 2:19.29 – 8/24 | ||
| Elsa Berg ´96 | 800 m 2:33.63 – 28/36 | 300 m 45.20 – 40/73 PB | |
| Marita K. Petersen ´98 | 60 m hurdles 10.96 – 29/62 PB | 80 m 11.83 50/100 PB | 200 m 29.54 – 45/74 PB |
| Marita K. Petersen ´98 | Javelin 32.11 m – 8/33 PB | Long jump 4.23 – 63/101 | Shot put 9.05 – 23/56 PB |
| Katarina Høj ´98 | 600 m 1:45.89 – 3/41 PB | 1,500 m 5:07.59 – 6/33 PB | 200 m 30.25 – 26/57 PB |
| Karin Holm Simonsen | 600 m 1:58.17 – 19/41 | 200 m 32.16 – 43/57 PB | |
| Tinna Berg Jørgensen | 80 m 11.45 – 14/74 PB | Long jump 3.77 – 53/74 | |
| Tinna Berg Jørgensen | 80 m final 11.51 – 12/16 | 200 m 29.54 – 13/57 PB |
Hans (in blue shoes) running the 200 m
Long jump competitions also took place on the warm-up track
Marita in the long jump
Regin heading for the finish in the 200 m
Hans set a personal best in the 200 m
Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the FAROE ISLANDS and Denmark were represented in this heat
Rebekka on her way to setting a Faroese record in the 200 m
The clock showed 28.45 seconds when Rebekka crossed the finish line
Daniel running the 200 m here in lane 1
Daniel set a personal best in the 200 m
Tinna in lane 2 has taken the lead in heat 3 of the 200 m
She flew across the finish line…
…and the time showed 29.54 seconds
Trygvi, Steingrímur and Daniel
Katarina (nearest) finished second in her heat of the 200 m
Karin set a personal best in the 200 m
Karin and Katarina just after the 200 m
Tinna and Rebekka after running the 200 m
Tinna at the top with 29.54 seconds…
…Marita got exactly the same time!
Athletes of the future
Marnar has put his spikes on and is ready to run the 3,000 m
There were 17 boys in the first heat, Marnar among them
Marnar ran a well-controlled race
The bell rings and Marnar goes into the last lap in 5th place!
On the last lap Marnar picked up the pace and ran his way to a bronze medal
Marnar was exhausted when he reached the finish after 3,000 m
Numbers one and two were Norwegians, while Marnar came third
Father and son Hallur and Steingrímur at Ullevi in the summer of 2011. Steingrímur has a good talent for several events
Steingrímur here has two laps to go in the 2,000 m
On the last lap Steingrímur ran his way up several places
Nice lad
The first heat of the girls 19 800 m has just started
Rebekka has had the upper hand over Karina Klok this year, and so it was this time too
Rebekka ran under 2:20 in the 800 m for the third time and was only 22/100 off the record
Steingrímur, Hallur, Rúni and Marnar watch Merkið flying at Ullevi after successfully completing their events
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