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Another fine medal for Tórur Mortensen

27.08.2016 · Hallur Holm

Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.

Two weeks ago he won Nordic Championships bronze in the U20 category, last weekend he won 5 gold medals at the Faroese Championships, and today it was silver, as the senior Danish Championships were held at NRGi Park in Århus. Tórur did, after all, win the Danish indoor championships last winter, and was therefore an obvious favourite. It was exciting, though, to see what the returning Peder Nielsen was capable of. With his personal best of 16.73 metres, he is the second-best triple jumper of all time in Denmark.

It turned into a close contest between Tórur and Peder, and as exciting as it could possibly be. Tórur led after the first round, and in the second round he improved and broke 15 metres for the first time. 15.00 m (+2.1). Peder hit back in the third round with 15.10 m. Tórur couldn’t quite match Peder in the third round, but his reply was nevertheless both a personal best and a Faroese record. 15.03 m (+0.8). In the fourth round Tórur once again came back with a strong reply and equalled Peder’s mark. 15.10 (+2.9). But now Tórur was back in the lead, because his second-best jump was better. Peder took the last jump of the fourth round, and once again the lead changed hands. Peder was measured at 15.36 m.

Tórur isn’t only outstanding in the triple jump. Last weekend Bjørg captured this photo as Tórur set a Faroese record in the 110 m hurdles with 17.15 sec.

Tórur still had two jumps left, but couldn’t respond. The result is nonetheless excellent, and Tórur went over 15 metres no fewer than three times today. And he had never done so before. With today’s jump, Tórur climbs all the way up to number 16 on the list of the best triple jumpers in Denmark of all time. There he is in tough company, including old athletics stars going all the way back to the 60s and 70s. Over the last three years, only today’s gold medallist, Peder Nielsen, has jumped further than Tórur.

Our best 100 m runner of the last two years, Rúni Jacobsen, also competed at the Danish Championships. He finished fourth in his heat in 11.52 seconds. He had a fair headwind (2.1), so he must wait a little longer for the Faroese record, which we all know he is capable of taking.

The results can be seen below.

Results list for Store DM (Athletics) 27 -> 28-8 2016

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Pl.

Bib No.

First name Surname

Sex

Born

Class

> Pl

Club / Town (sort > Event/Heat)

pts

Result

Wind

triple jump Men 15:00 Day 1

Peder P Nielsen

1988

Sparta

15.36

0.9

14.45	Fail	15.10	15.36	Fail
0.8		0.0	0.9

Tórur Mortensen

1998

M19

Aarhus 1900 A/M

15.10

2.9

14.73	15.00	15.03	15.10	Fail	11.77
0.0	2.1	0.8	2.9		0.0

Dennis Mägi

1995

M22

Aarhus 1900 A/M

14.44

0.0

14.10	Fail	Fail	Fail	14.44	Fail
0.7				0.0

Johannes Glue

2000

M17

Randers Freja Atletik

13.67

1.9

13.67	Fail	13.46	12.70	13.53	12.90
1.9		1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0

Magnus Ugilt

1997

M19

Aalborg AM

13.17

0.9

12.77	13.17	Fail	13.05	Fail	13.14
0.8	0.9		0.4		0.0

Klaus Præst Jaqué

1992

Bagsværd AC

12.11

2.0

	12.11	Fail	11.90	11.15	Fail
	2.0		0.0	1.1

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Age class:

Event:

AFB = withdrawn, DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS = Did Not Start/Show, NH = No High, NL = No length, DSQ = Disqualified, N.A. = Not Available

printed 8/27/2016 6:16:04 PM

Another fine medal for Tórur Mortensen

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