Three silvers and a bronze at the Danish Youth Championships

Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.

Last weekend eight young Faroese athletes took part in the annual Danish indoor championships. The competition was held in Skive, in the only indoor athletics hall in Denmark. This winter, however, an impressive new hall has opened in Odense, so Danish championships can be expected to be held there in future. The number of indoor athletics halls is growing everywhere around us, and last summer the hall in Hafnarfjörður was opened. This is the latest hall in Iceland, and hardly the last.

In the Faroe Islands there has been little to suggest indoor facilities for athletics. But last week we heard the mayor of Nes Municipality say that the first indoor football hall is to be built at Svangaskarð. At the same time, the running track is to be brought under a roof, so two sports will get indoor facilities for the first time.

Back to the young Faroese athletes who were in Skive last weekend. As always, they came home with medals. And, not for the first time, it was Rebekka Fuglø who won the most. Despite injury throughout the winter, she managed to run inside the Island Games qualification standards in both the 800 and 1,500 metres. The 800 metres was particularly good, and her time is only just over two seconds slower than her best outdoor time. This earned her the bronze medal. In the 1,500 metres she won silver, although she was well off her best time.

Rebekka Fuglø, young and experienced, and Oddvør Josephsen, competing for the first time. They usually wear yellow, but at the Danish championships they represent Vejle IF. Oddvør ran two very good races and set age-group records in both the 800 m and 1,500 m

 

Tórur Mortensen looked to have a good chance of winning medals in both the triple jump and the long jump. He lived up to expectations in the triple jump, setting both an age-group record and a personal best with 13.11 metres. That is three centimetres further than in Iceland and only 19 centimetres short of the Island Games standard. With this long jump he also won silver! The long jump did not go as well as hoped, although he had two jumps that started with a 6. But those of us who know Tórur know that he is only satisfied with the very best. Jumping 21 centimetres below his PB this time meant that he finished seventh instead of competing with the top four.

Tórur Mortensen (left) won silver in the triple jump and is just one small jump short of the Island Games standard

Steingrímur Hallsson is not used to standing on the podium at the Danish championships. The eight who ran the 800 metres, however, looked set to be very evenly matched. The race was run tactically from the start, and the pace did not pick up until the last 200 metres. There was pushing and shoving, and in the end both second and third place were disqualified, so Steingrímur, who had otherwise crossed the line in fourth, became the silver medallist! Teitur Bjarnastein also ran in this race and finished fourth.

Steingrímur Hallsson, in the red Hvidovre kit, won his first Danish championship medal

FAROESE RESULTS:

• Girls 20-22 Rebekka Fuglø 800 m, 2:15.81 (3rd of 4)
• Girls 20-22 Rebekka Fuglø 1,500 m, 4:52.92 (2/3)
• Girls 16-17 Margit Weihe Fríðmundsdóttir 200 m 28.10 (14/15)
• Girls 16-17 Margit Weihe Fríðmundsdóttir 400 m 62.94 (5/10)
• Girls 14-15 Oddvør Josephsen 800 m 2:24.35 (5/17)
• Girls 14-15 Oddvør Josephsen 1,500 m 5:01.41 (4/16)
• Boys 18-19 Steingrímur Hallsson 400 m 54.74 (4/8)
• Boys 18-19 Teitur Bjarnastein 400 m 56.79 (7/8)
• Boys 18-19 Steingrímur Hallsson 800 m 2:11.36 (2/6)
• Boys 18-19 Teitur Bjarnastein 800 m 2:13.34 (4/6)
• Boys 16-17 Tórur Mortensen, long jump 6.04 (7/13)
• Boys 16-17 Tórur Mortensen, triple jump 13.11 (2/6)
• Boys 16-17 Niklas Kruse 400 m 56.28 (7/7)
• Boys 14-15 Steintór Egholm 200 m 25.38 (4/14)

 

Niklas Kruse had been ill in the run-up to the competition, but still managed to set a PB in the 400 m

Margit Weihe Fríðmundsdóttir also showed good form in both the 200 and 400 metres. She too runs in the red Hvidovre kit

Teitur Bjarnastein was some way off his good results in Iceland in January, but should not be written off yet when it comes to the Island Games

Steintór Egholm, pictured here after winning silver in the 800 m in Iceland. He is also one of our strong sprinters, and came very close to a medal in the 200 m, where he got down to 25.38 and cut one and a half seconds !! off the age-group record for 15-year-olds.