Three Faroese at the Danish Cross-Country Championships

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Yesterday the Danish Short Course Cross-Country Championships were held at Herlufsholm near Næstved on Zealand. Three Faroese took part in the race. All three of them ran over 4 km.

Jan Elmar Sørensen has been on a long training camp in the heat of South Africa. So he was tired and had also caught a bit of a cold after arriving north in the Danish cold. 4 km is rather short for Jan Elmar, but he still managed the same placing as at the Danish Long Course Cross-Country Championships in Middelfart in November, when the distance was 8 km. In both races Jan Elmar finished 31st. The previous time, Jan Elmar had also come straight from a hard training camp.

The Danish star runner Abdi Hakim Ulad did not manage to win. Abdi, who finished 10th at the European Cross-Country Championships and was then selected for the European team, had to settle for silver, four seconds behind Peter Glans.

Straight from South Africa to Herlufsholm, and then Hoydalar on Saturday. Jan Elmar devotes all his time to running. (photo: Michael Hylledsted)

Marna Egholm finished 2016 very well. On New Year’s Eve she took part in a big 10 km race, where she finished 3rd and ran under 37 min. Yesterday she was also well up the field, finishing 8th overall! For Marna, too, 4 km is far too short a distance to show her best qualities. Even so, her result was enough to win Danish Championship gold in her age group.

Not Marna’s favourite distance. Still, she managed to finish eighth, and at the same time won Danish Championship gold in her age group, 35+ (photo: Michael Hyllested)

Not unexpectedly, it was Anne Emilie Møller who took the win. She is the one who performed so well at the Olympic Games in Rio, where she finished in the 3,000 m steeplechase. Simone Glad finished second.

The third Faroese participant was Gunnar Sivertsen, who competed in the boys’ under-19 category. Gunnar has been badly injured recently, and is therefore not yet back in proper training shape after having surgery a short while ago. Good to see Gunnar competing again. Yesterday’s result was not his best, but from now on it can only get better.

Gunnar Sivertsen opted for the trimmed hairstyle for the race. (photo: Michael Hyllested)

All the results can be found at this link: