Alda and Hallur in top form

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The Island Games selection is just around the corner, and at Tórsbreyt athletes have been busy competing over the last few weeks to reach the qualification standards for a place on the trip to Jersey. Wind and weather have been causing a lot of trouble lately, but sometimes the wind can be a help. If you know how to make use of the wind, you can get the discus to fly well into a headwind. That is exactly what Hallur Simonsen managed yesterday evening, when he threw the discus all the way out to 43.71 metres, just under two metres beyond the Island Games standard! No fewer than four times Hallur threw beyond 40 metres, and this is by far Hallur’s best throwing performance.

Hallur Simonsen threw 43.71 metres yesterday evening, setting a big personal best! (photo: Hvirlan)

We have also seen several good results in the 100 m sprint, perhaps especially from the three Hvirlan athletes Tummas Napoleon Arge, Alda S. Lamhauge and Rúni Jacobsen. Most of the good results have been well helped by a tailwind, but at the weekend conditions were almost perfect. Alda was unlucky to get a 1.3 headwind, but still managed to run the 100 metres in 13.59 seconds. This is clearly the fastest Faroese time ever measured with electronic timing. Only Elin Rasmussen’s hand-timed Faroese record beats Alda’s result.

Tinna Berg Jørgensen and Alda S. Lamhauge. Alda now holds the fastest ratified electronic time ever in the Faroe Islands! (photo: Hvirlan)

 

There has also been some strong competition in the triple jump. Tórur Mortensen and Edna Maria Debes in particular are close to the Island Games standard. The middle-distance runners from Bragdið and Treysti have also had a go, and plan to make another attempt or two. But they will need to hurry now, as there are only four days left to compete.

Please note: The deadline for achieving a qualification standard is Sunday 26 April! (and not 30 April, as it has said under the standards.)