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The first day in Hvidovre, where 9 Faroese athletes are taking part in the Danish Youth Championships, went exceptionally well. No fewer than three medals were won, including one gold. It was Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss who became Danish U22 champion in the triple jump. Øssur did not quite reach his very best, but in the third round he jumped 13.84 metres, which was more than enough to win the gold. According to the results list, Øssur did not jump in the last two rounds, and it is possible that he is struggling with an injury. Tomorrow Øssur competes in the long jump and the high jump. In the high jump in particular, hopes of another gold medal are high.
Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss, Danish U22 champion in the triple jump. Here he is jumping in Gothenburg earlier this summer.
Somewhat unexpectedly, Rói Holgarsson also won a bronze medal today in the U22 100 metres. In the heats Rói ran the 100 metres in 11.37 (wind +1.8). With this result he reached the final with the third-best time. And although he ran slightly slower in the final with 11.43 (wind +1.4), it was enough to win the bronze medal!
Here Rói Holgarsson crosses the line in 11.65 sec at Jatnatøk. Today he went under the Island Games qualification standard of 11.48 twice!
And it was not just bronze that Rói won today. His times in both the heats and the final are under the Island Games qualification standard, which is 11.48 sec. Rói is therefore the seventh athlete to achieve one of the standards set for the Island Games in Bermuda. Very impressive progress from Rói, who set a personal best of 11.65 sec at Jatnatøk after Ólavsøka. With such rapid development, it will not be long before he seriously threatens Heini Hátún’s Faroese record of 11.27 seconds.
Hanus Bergsson also won a fine bronze medal today. At Jatnatøk Hanus launched the 700 g javelin beyond 57 metres, and therefore had the third-best entry mark. Again today Hanus threw a long way, and with 54.33 metres he finished in a secure bronze position, well ahead of no. 4.
A secure bronze medal for Hanus Bergsson today. Here he is throwing at Jatnatøk.
Helgi Geyti also threw the javelin today. Helgi competes in the Boys 18-19 group, which uses the heavy javelin – 800 grams. Here Helgi managed to throw 44.77 metres, which is a good personal best.
Personal bests were also set by Tórur Mortensen and Trygvi Laksafoss. What these two have in common is that they have trained very hard this year, but without really being rewarded for their efforts. Not until the Faroese Youth Championships did things come together for Trygvi, who set a significant personal best in the high jump with 1.79 m. And now it was the turn of the triple jump. Here Trygvi has for a long time been stuck at distances of around 11.5 metres. But today was different. His first jump was 12.00 metres and in his second jump he landed all the way out at 12.63 (wind +0.6). Although all of his last four jumps failed, Trygvi should be happy and pleased with this good result, which also gave him 4th place.
Tórur Mortensen also produced a real breakthrough jump in the triple jump competition. Tórur competes in the Boys 14-15 group, and finished no. 4 with a jump of 11.26 metres. This is around one metre further than he has jumped before. But it was no fluke, as he jumped over 11 metres twice today. Only one of the boys born in 1998 jumped further than Tórur!
Tórur also ran the 100 metres, where his time was 13.60 sec. This was not enough to advance. Nor did Tummas Napoleon Arge, Boys 16-17, advance in his 100 metres race, where he ran 12.17 (wind +4.2)
Hallur Simonsen and Hanus Bergsson both took part in the shot put competition, Boys 16-17. Hallur was unfortunately some two metres below his best with 10.72, and Hanus put 11.43 metres.
Rebekka Fuglø ran the 1500 metres today, and finished no. 5 in a time of 5:05.97.
The competitions continue tomorrow, when all the Faroese participants will compete again.
