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On Sunday evening Treysti’s youth athletes returned home from Denmark, where they had been in Skive for the Danish Youth Championships. These were the same athletes who a month ago achieved such outstanding results at the ÍR Grand Meet (Stórmót ÍR) in Reykjavík. Those results made it clear that in several of the events the young northerners would be well in contention for Danish Championship medals.
And they did bring three medals home with them. Óluva Allansdóttir Joensen added more than a metre and a half to her result from Reykjavík and has already put the 3 kg shot further than she put the 2 kg shot last year! This earned her a Danish Championship silver medal, just over 30 centimetres short of gold.
With her result at the Danish Youth Championships, it is conceivable that Óluva will go for the Island Games qualification standard with the 4 kg shot.
Julian Gregersen had the chance to win medals in both the 800 and 1,500 m. In Iceland he went under 2 minutes for the first time. This time he was 1/100 sec over, but still won silver just behind the winner. In the 1,500 metres he achieved the Island Games qualification standard and also broke Marnar Djurhuus’s age-group record. Even so, he was 4/100 sec from winning bronze and just under two seconds from gold.
Oddvør Josepsen was also a medal contender. Indeed, she was perhaps the favourite to win Danish Championship gold. That did not quite come off, but she can still be pleased with a Danish Championship silver medal in the 800 metres.
Gunnar Sivertsen, Hans Sivertsen, Birita Ryan and Maria Biskopstø also took part in the Danish Championships. Maria, who is only 13, set a fine age-group record in the 1,500 metres, where she finished well inside the Island Games qualifying time.
Treysti’s website has a detailed report from the competition.
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