Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
When the qualification standards for the Island Games in Bermuda were published, some changes had been made compared with previous selections. One of the changes was that no standard could be met unless the athlete scored at least 700 points on the IAAF scoring tables. As a result, the standards were set considerably higher, especially in the women’s throwing events. At a board meeting in Klaksvík last Friday evening, it was decided to return to the old system, under which the standard is at least the average bronze-medal result from the last three Island Games. A small exception has, however, been made in the women’s javelin, where the standard has been rounded up to 35 metres.
Initially, the deadline for meeting the Island Games standard was set at 31 December. This was so that FÍF itself would be able to arrange the trip as cheaply as possible. Now that it has been decided that the journey will be made directly with Atlantic, we have set the deadline for meeting the standard at 5 May 2013.
So far, seven athletes have achieved the qualifying results. The standards can be found under the “krøv” (qualification standards) tab on the front page.
Øssur and Bjørk will once again be two of our very strongest cards in Bermuda. (photo: Hvirlan)
