Tórur through to the long jump final

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The long jump qualifying round took place this morning. A total of 16 jumpers were split into two groups to decide which 12 would make the final, so four would drop out. Tórur was in the second group, so he already knew how far the first eight had jumped.

Tórur jumps his way into the final

Tórur’s first attempt failed, but in his second he jumped 6.13 metres, which was enough for a place in the final. He still had one attempt left, but Tórur preferred to save himself, as he had started to feel an old groin injury.

Only two jumpers went further than Tórur’s personal best of 6.49, which is only two weeks old. If Tórur really hits his day tomorrow evening, it could get very exciting to see how far he can go.

Yesterday evening we had both Rúni Seloy and Hallur Simonsen in action. Rúni ran the 800 m semi-final, where it was clear beforehand that the top three in each heat would go through to the final, which is being run this evening. Unfortunately Rúni did not manage to finish in the top three. Up to 600 metres he was right up there at the front, but when it really mattered, he ran out of steam. At 700 metres it was clear that his chance of reaching the final had gone. Over the last stretch he eased off somewhat, but his time was still 2:00.60.

The first 800 m heat passes by here after 500 m, and Rúni is still well in contention

19-year-old Hallur Simonsen has come to Jersey first and foremost to throw the discus. However, he is also talented in the shot put, and so used this opportunity for a good, strong competition. Only two weeks ago Hallur set a personal best with the 7-kilo shot, but yesterday evening he never really came close to the 11.26 m that is his best.

Hallur put his way to eighth place in the shot

Hallur finished 8th overall with 10.66 metres.

This evening our athletes are in three finals. At 18:00 the discus final begins, in which Hallur Simonsen is competing. His chances should certainly not be underestimated, even though he is competing for the first time and is only 19 years old. He cannot do anything about the best thrower, but many of the next ones throw from 42-45 metres. And that is where Hallur is too. Hallur’s best is just under 44 metres, so with a small personal best we allow ourselves to think he has a chance of a medal.

At 19:40 the women’s 3,000 m steeplechase final takes place. And here there is no such thing as silver or bronze. They will only be competing for gold. This is because only three participants are taking part in the race, among them our Bjørk Herup Olsen. The rule at the Island Games is that there must be two losers for a medal to be won.

Our last athlete on the track this evening is Rebekka Fuglø, who looked very strong in the 1,500 metres semi-final. Nine runners have made it through to the final, and it looks as though Rebekka is one of the five with the best chance of a medal.

We are keeping our fingers crossed for our athletes, and hopefully there will be good news to hear later this evening.