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Last weekend Bragdið’s annual trip to Tårnby was back on the programme. This is the sixth year in a row that Bragdið’s youth squad has taken part in the biggest youth competition on Danish soil, Tårnby Games.
The results make it clear that the training through the long winter has paid off. The 21 athletes bring home no fewer than 47 personal bests and 9 age-group records. And that is not all. Two gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze medals were also won. One of the gold medals was won by the very talented Andreas B. Antoft, who easily and elegantly swept aside all opposition in the 800 m and won comfortably in 2:46.55 min, almost 3 seconds ahead of number 2. With this, Andreas cut a good 7 seconds off the age-group record held by Óli Eyðsteinsson, who is also a strong runner. Andreas is also an excellent sprinter and long jumper. It will be exciting to follow him in the time to come.
Andreas B. Antoft, on the left, is one of our really big young talents.
The other gold medal was won by budding Bragdið athlete Eiri Jógvansson Glerfoss. Seven-year-old Eiri made short work of the 40 metre sprint, where he took a clear win against 26 other boys. It will also be exciting to follow Eiri, who also won bronze in the long jump.
Elisabet Holm Simonsen was one of the medal favourites in the 60 m final for girls aged 11. It turned out to be incredibly exciting and close all the way to the finish line, where she had to settle for silver, just 1/100 of a second from gold. Right on the finish line Elisabet fell, and was hurt badly enough that she did not take part in any further events. She had, however, already competed in the long jump, where she finished 4th with a new age-group record. The other two silver medals were won by Teitur Bjarnastein, who has trained a lot this winter. He competes in boys 14-15, and ran 2:10.58 min in the 800 m and 4:33.67 in the 1,500 m. Both of these times are better than the A standard for the talent group!
Katarina Høj also comes home with two medals. In both the 600 m and the 1,500 m she managed to finish third in girls 12-13. In the 600 m she was just 5/100 of a second from winning silver. Regin Joensen set two fine personal bests. On Sunday in the 200 m, and on Saturday he ran almost two seconds inside the A standard for the talent group and won bronze in a time of 2:04.07.
And finally, two medals also came in the javelin! Elsa Berg, who has not been able to run this winter, has instead done a bit of training with the javelin. With a throw of 22.06 m she won bronze and set a Faroese age-group record for girls aged 16. Steingrímur Hallsson also won bronze when, in his fourth attempt, he set a personal best and an age-group record and went almost 4 metres beyond the A standard with a throw of 43.85 metres.
Only the results that earned medals are mentioned here. But there were also many other good results. Here is a link to all the results from Tårnby Games: http://mars-net.dk/2012/05-05-taarnby-games/index.htm
And here is a link to Bragdið’s results: http://mars-net.dk/2012/05-05-taarnby-games/6.htm – (scroll down the text)
Bragdið also has a write-up of the trip. The link to that article is here: http://www.bragdid.fo/?p=2070
