Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
On Saturday and Sunday, Treysti’s biggest names competed in the Danish Youth Championships in Odense. Both have had a long, long competitive season, with the Island Games as the biggest challenge. Even so, both aimed to win medals and run to the very best of their ability!
On Saturday they ran the 1,500 metres. There were only two girls in the 18–19 age group, so they ran together with the 20–22 age group. But the Danish girls had little to offer here. Rebekka ran far ahead of everyone and crossed the line in a fine time of 4:47.50, which is 4 seconds slower than her time at the Island Games. This meant Danish Championship gold, and it was also the fastest 1,500 metres time overall.
Marnar was in a tough battle with three others, but with 600 metres to go there was so much jostling that Marnar ended up out on the grass. And there he stayed. This was very unfortunate, because for one thing he looked set to win a medal, and for another he was on course for a good personal best. This is the second time this year that Marnar has been knocked over during a race. The first time was over 800 metres in Malmö in February.
Today Rebekka was due to run her favourite distance, the 800 metres. Rebekka herself holds the Faroese record, which she set at the Island Games on the Isle of Wight this summer when she ran 2:19.07. No fewer than three times this year she has run 2:19! Today she took the lead after the first bend and ran the first 400 metres at a perfect pace with the others battling behind her. The others immediately began to fall back when the second lap started, but Rebekka held her pace well. The gap grew and grew all the way to the finish; Rebekka crossed the line well clear and won in 2:18.32, which is a new Faroese record! Rebekka thus became a double Danish champion and improved her Faroese record over 800.
Marnar was due to run the 5,000 metres today. It was over this distance that he surprised everyone when, quite unexpectedly, he won the bronze medal at the Island Games. His time on that occasion was 15:56 min. Today it was once again a bronze medal, and in all the rain and thunder he managed to improve his personal best and age-group record to 15:45.12!
athletics.fo warmly congratulates them both and their coach!
Rebekka Fuglø representing Vejle IF at the Danish Youth Championships (DM-U) 2010. This year she became a double Danish champion!
