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Faroese athletes have won quite a few Danish titles in athletics in recent years. Rúni Seloy, Marnar Djurhuus, Rebekka Fuglø and Bjørk Herup Olsen have all been Danish champions, and have also won several silver and bronze medals.
Once again this year the Faroe Islands will be well represented at the Danish Youth Championships, which are being held in Hvidovre this time. Hvirlan is taking part for the first time, with no fewer than seven Hvirlan boys competing. The overview below has been lifted from Hvirlan’s website, and looks like this:
- Tórur Mortensen ’98: long jump, triple jump and 100 m
- Tummas Napoleon Arge ’95: 100 m and 200 m
- Hallur Simonsen ’95: discus and shot put
- Hanus Bergsson ’95: javelin and shot put
- Trygvi Laksáfoss ’94: long jump, high jump, triple jump and 100 m
- Helgi Geyti ’93: discus and javelin
- Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss ’90: high jump, triple jump and long jump
When Faroese athletes take part in the Danish Championships, they have to compete for a Danish club. Heri Ziska has made an agreement with Århus 1900 that Hvirlan can represent their club. Hallur and Hanus, however, represented Vejle IF while they were at boarding school there, and they are continuing to represent Vejle. Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss has moved to Copenhagen to study, and has joined Sparta there. The other four – Tórur, Tummas Napoleon, Trygvi Laksafoss and Helgi Geyti – will therefore represent Århus 1900.
Three of these Hvirlan athletes will compete at the Danish Youth Championships this weekend. Trygvi Laksafoss and Tummas Napoleon Arge pose at the front, with Hanus Bergsson at the back on the left. It would also have been fun to see what Rúni Jacobsen, on the right, could have achieved in Hvidovre.
It is Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss in particular who has a chance of winning a medal, perhaps even a gold. He has the best entry marks in all three events he is taking part in. But on a good day one of the others could also cause an upset and win gold. In any case, this is a very good competition for them, and also a boost for their further development.
But it won’t only be Hvirlan boys in Hvidovre. No Danish Youth Championships would be complete without Rebekka Fuglø from Treysti, who represents Vejle IF. She will be there again this year, and this time she is entered in the 800, 1500 and 5,000 metres. Rói Holgarsson has also moved to Denmark and has joined Sparta. Rói, who has been the fastest Faroese athlete for the last three years, will compete in the 100 and 200 metres. It will be exciting to see how close he gets to the Island Games qualification standards in these two events.
FÍF wishes everyone the best of luck in the competitions.
Start lists are here: http://www.hvidovre-atletik.dk/Loeb%20og%20staevner/Staevner/Staevner%202012/~/media/hvidovre-atletik/Staevner/Staevner%202012/DMU%202012/program.ashx
