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Once again this year the Faroe Islands will be represented when the Danish Youth Indoor Championships are held in Skive on Saturday and Sunday. The three athletes are Rebekka Fuglø and Marnar Djurhuus from Treysti and Rúni Seloy from Bragdið. All three have previously won Danish titles, as well as several silver and bronze medals. Going by the entry times, there are once again hopes of a bit of everything for our athletes this year. The biggest hopes probably rest with Marnar Djurhuus, who has been flying this winter and who also has the best entry times in both the 1,500 and 3,000 metres. Since Marnar can also be expected to run faster than his entry times, it will take something very unexpected for him not to win a medal.
This is how we know Marnar from many competitions recently. Hopefully this weekend he will get the chance to raise his arms in triumph again.
Both Rebekka and Marnar run the 3,000 on Saturday and the 1,500 on Sunday. In the men’s events, Bogi Lenvig holds both Faroese records, which are 4:10.61 and 8:55.65 respectively. If Marnar’s races go his way, both of Bogi’s records could fall. But it will be tight. On the other hand, there is little to suggest that Rebekka will set a record, because in both the 1,500 and 3,000 metres we have two very strong records held by Bjørk Herup Olsen. Her 1,500 record is from her win at Reykjavík International in 2010, and in the 3,000 metres Bjørk ran under 10 minutes last January. Rebekka has no entry time in the 3,000 metres, as this is the first time she has tried the distance. It does look, however, as though she could challenge for bronze if she has a good day. In the 1,500 metres she has the second-best entry time. But that time is from the Island Games last summer, and she is not expected to have the same speed in her legs this early in the winter as she did then. Either way, it will be exciting. Marnar competes in boys 16–17 and Rebekka in girls 18–19.
This year Rúni Seloy has moved up to the 18–19 age group, where he will compete in the 800 metres on Saturday evening and the 400 metres on Sunday. There are several fast runners in the 400 metres, but it will still be exciting to see how Rúni has developed this winter and whether he can get close to his own 400 m indoor record of 52.35 sec. In the 800 metres it looks as though it will be a battle for silver and bronze. It will also be interesting to see whether Rúni can show the same strength as he did 2–3 years ago. In any case, he has a good chance of improving his Faroese indoor record of 1:59.62 min.
The Treysti coach, Guttorm Sørensen, and Jógvan Glerfoss from Bragdið are with their athletes in Skive. The schedule for the Faroese athletes is as follows:
- Saturday 12:25: Rebekka Fuglø 3,000 m
- Saturday 13:25: Marnar Djurhuus 3,000 m
- Saturday 18:45: Rúni Seloy 800 m
- Sunday 12:50: Rúni Seloy 400 m
- Sunday 14:15: Marnar 1,500
- Sunday 14:35: Rebekka Fuglø 1,500 m
Results will be posted at this link as the events take place: http://mars-net.dk/2012/03-03-dmu-inde/
