Tórur and Rebekka to the Danish Indoor Championships

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This weekend the Danish Indoor Championships for seniors are being held, and two Faroese athletes will be competing. Rebekka Fuglø of Treysti will run the 800 and 1,500 metres, and Tórur Mortensen of Hvirlan will compete in the long jump and triple jump. Once again this year the championships are being held in Skive.

The first event with Faroese participation is on Saturday at 13:00, the women’s 1,500 m. The standard of Danish women’s middle-distance running is very high at the moment. So is Rebekka’s: just three weeks ago she set a Faroese record of 4:36.19 and won gold at Stórmót IR in Iceland. This is also her entry time, which is the third fastest. However, there are others who have run faster in the past. Rebekka has the 5th-best personal best, but she definitely has a chance of winning a medal in this race. She could also improve the Faroese record even further.

1	4:17.84	4:17.84	SCHULZ Line K	1996	Aalborg Atletik
2	4:34.01	4:21.66	THESTRUP Josephine	1996	Sparta
3	4:36.19	4:36.19	FUGLØ Rebekka	1993	Vejle IF
4	4:44.01	4:48.67	SØEFELDT Sophie	2000	Sparta
5	4:48.00	4:43.96	JENSEN Louise Høj	1997	AGF
6	4:48.23	4:42.04	JØRGENSEN Dorthea	1998	Kolding KFUM
7	4:48.93	4:33.50	HELWIGH Anna Mark	2000	Sparta
8		4:26.58	GLAD Simone	1990	AGF

 

Rebekka is in good form at the moment; the 800 m specialist has won the last five rounds of the TF Winter Series.

As early as 16:45 on Saturday, Rebekka will run the 800 m semi-final. The heats have not been drawn yet, but in any case this will be a very tough race, which could also prove difficult with a 1,500 m final fresh in her legs. At the moment there are a great many Danish women in the 2:11–2:15 range. Rebekka is one of them, and she arrives with a fresh Faroese record of 2:14.23. Some of the others are also running the 1,500 metres,

1	2:15	2:15	DIEKEMA Mathilde	1994	Aarhus 1900
2	2:11.77	2:11.77	SCHULZ Line K	1996	Aalborg Atletik
3	2:11.95	2:11.79	MØRCK Mia Helene	1999	Bagsværd AC
4	2:13.10	2:10.06	KEIDSER Joseffa	1995	Aarhus 1900
5	2:13.84	2:11.99	RYTTER Josefine	1994	Bagsværd AC
6	2:14.18	2:10.37	GOTTLIEB Helene H	1998	Holte Atletik
7	2:14.23	2:14.23	FUGLØ Rebekka	1993	Vejle IF
8	2:14.80	2:14.80	RICHTER Nathalie	2000	Aalborg Atletik
9	2:14.89	2:12.45	JØRGENSEN Louise	1991	Københavns IF
10	2:19.86	2:18.48	VEGEBERG Caroline L	1998	Køge Atletik
11	2:26.19	2:18.27	MILLENAAR Carolien	1997	Herning Løbeklub

As the entry times (first column) and the personal bests (second column) show, we can expect two very close semi-finals. There will be no room for tactics or for saving energy for a final on Sunday. Only fine margins will decide who reaches the final.

At 15:05 on Saturday, Tórur competes in the long jump. Tórur’s entry mark is 6.49 metres, but I find it hard to judge how far he can jump if he has improved as much in the long jump as in the triple jump. In any case, he is expected to set a personal best. If things go well, he could get very close to the top 3–4.

 

1	7.12	7.14	HANSEN Jannick	1992	Sparta
2	7.07	7.07	PEDERSEN Sebastian	1997	Sparta
3	6.67	6.67	RANNING Albert Kirkegaard	1998	Københavns IF
4	6.62	6.68	IPSEN Emil	1999	Ballerup AK
5	6.05	6.05	DRONGESEN Rune	1996	Viborg AM
6	6.05	6.05	KLYSNER Jacob	1998	Aarhus 1900
7		7.47	UNGVARI Peter (u)	1985	Aarhus 1900
8		6.91	BOUZIAD Massin Ait	1995	Sparta
9		6.49	MORTENSEN Torúr	1998	Aarhus 1900
10			NIELSEN Christian Lind	1991	Aarhus 1900

 

Tórur in the pit at Tórsbreyt. Heri Ziska is his coach and is also on the trip to Skive

Tórur’s main event is the triple jump, where he is now among the very best juniors in the Nordic countries. Not many seniors in our neighbouring countries jump further than Tórur either. Unfortunately, only five men have entered the competition, which takes place on Sunday at 13:00. Tórur has the best entry mark, and if there is any medal we can really expect, it is in this competition.

1	14.45	14.45	MORTENSEN Torúr	1998	Aarhus 1900
2	14.40	14.87	BOUZIAD Massin Ait	1995	Sparta
3	14.34	15.70	UNGVARI Peter (u)	1985	Aarhus 1900
4	12.87	13.27	GLUE Johannes	2000	Randers Atletik Freja
5	12.61	12.92	KIKKENBORG Matthias	1997	Aalborg Atletik

Although Tórur has the best entry mark, he has only the third-best personal best. Last summer Tórur won silver at the Danish Outdoor Championships. It will be exciting to see whether he can repeat that feat, and perhaps even improve on it. It will also be very exciting to see whether Tórur can repeat the excellent result he achieved in Reykjavík three weeks ago.

FÍF wishes Rebekka and Tórur the very best of luck in their competitions this weekend.