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Two weeks ago Rói Holgarsson set a new Faroese indoor record over 50 metres. And he proved today that this was no fluke, when he twice broke Ási Mikkelsen’s old record over 60 metres. This happened at a competition in the Sparta hall in Copenhagen today, where the race was run in two heats. Rói was fifth-fastest in the heats, and at the same time managed to take Ási’s record, which was 7.45 seconds. Rói ran 7.38 seconds.
But it was to get much better. In the final he ran a full 13/100 of a second faster, getting all the way down to 7.23 seconds and yet another improvement of the Faroese indoor record. This also took him all the way up to third place in the final!
This was the second Faroese indoor record this weekend, and the third this year. And as early as next weekend we hope that even more records will fall, when many Faroese athletes take part in the Stórmót IR in Reykjavík. Rói may well be tempted to go after the 200 metres record, so that he owns all three of the shortest indoor sprint records. But it is also possible that other Faroese athletes have their eye on the 200 metres record too…….. Reykjavík will be exciting!
Spartacus – Rói Holgarsson – has set two Faroese records in the last two weeks. And he is aiming for more!
