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This weekend the Danish athletics titles have been contested. The competition took place at Århus Stadion, where a fair number of spectators had turned up. Two weeks ago, Faroese athletes took part in the Icelandic Championships as guest participants. There, Tórur Mortensen managed to finish second in the triple jump with a personal best of 13.57 metres. On Saturday, Tórur competed in the triple jump at the Danish Championships, where he represents his home club, Århus 1900.
His first jump turned out to be his best, and it was once again a personal best, this time by one centimetre, at 13.58 metres. That jump also proved good enough to win a fine silver medal at these Danish Championships. So, at just 17 years old, Tórur Mortensen has managed to finish second in both Denmark and Iceland. Warm congratulations, Tórur!
Tórur Mortensen has had a good competition season. (photo: Hvirlan)
On Sunday it was the long jump. Tórur has jumped 6.49 metres this year, and the aim was to set a personal best. But nothing would go right. He fouled on all three of his attempts and therefore did not record a result at all. That was of course a setback, but that is the sort of thing that can happen. The standard in this competition was very high, and even if Tórur had jumped to his very best and perhaps a little more, it would have been hard to break into the top 10.
Hanus Bergsson was also meant to throw the javelin at the Danish Championships, where he would have been one of the favourites for gold. Unfortunately, he has picked up an injury to his throwing arm, and this competition season now looks to be a closed chapter.
