And these were the medals….

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The Faroese athletes won no fewer than 33 medals at the Stórmót IR competition over the weekend. By now we have come to expect Treysti’s middle-distance runners to perform well, and they did so again this year. What is so incredibly pleasing is that our sprinters are now showing such solid progress. No fewer than 14 of our medals came in the 60 m, the 60 m hurdles and the 400 metres. (oddly enough, none in the 200 m)

Eiri hurdling – click the link and watch the excellent hurdling technique of Eiri, who won gold in both the 60 metres and the long jump. Here he is sprinting against older boys.

Teresa Bláhamar did not win a medal in the sprint, although she has made a lot of progress. She did, however, win silver in the high jump.

It was a real joy to see our young athletes sprint with good technique and good stride frequency, and no less a joy to see the fighting spirit in the long sprint. The fact that the sprinters have made a lot of progress can also be seen in the long jump results, where we won three medals, as well as three in the triple jump and two in the high jump.

The full list of medals is as follows:

Gold medals:
Eiri Glerfoss, Boys 12 Bragdið, 60 m, 8.84 seconds
Jónas Isaksen, Boys 12, Bragdið, 600 m, 1:48.47 min
Eiri Glerfoss, Boys 12, Bragdið, long jump, 4.44 m
Andreas Bjarnastein Antoft, Boys 15, Bragdið, 400 m, 57.84 seconds
Margit Weihe Fríðmundsdóttir, Girls 20-22, Bragdið, triple jump, 10.21 m
Julian Gregersen, Men, Treysti, 1,500 m, 4:05.70 min (Faroese record)
Julian Gregersen, Men, Treysti, 800 m, 1:59.11 min
Maria Biskopstø, Girls 15, Treysti, 800 m, 2:20.32 min
Maria Biskopstø, Girls 16-17, Treysti, 3,000 m, 11:11.89 min
Óluva Allansdóttir Joensen, Girls 15, Treysti, shot put, 11.45 m
Oddvør Josephsen, Girls 16-17, Treysti, 800 m, 2:25.70 min
Rebekka Fuglø, Women, Treysti, 800 m, 2:15.47 min
Rebekka Fuglø, Women, Treysti, 1,500 m, 4:43.82 min

Jónas Isaksen on the left and Eiri Glerfoss in the middle promise exciting times ahead. They won gold and silver in both the 60 m and the long jump. On top of that, Jónas brushed aside all opposition in the 600 m. Despite their young age, 12, they are already seasoned competitors and have done athletics for several years.

Two gold medals for Maria Biskopstø – she also set a championship record in both of her events!

Silver medals
Jónas Isaksen, Boys 12, Bragdið, 60 m, 8.95 seconds
Jónas Isaksen, Boys 12, Bragdið, long jump, 4.28 m
Hans Erland Thomsen, Boys 14, Bragdið, 800 m, 2:20.19 min
Andreas Bjarnastein Antoft, Boys 15, Bragdið, 60 m, 7.75 seconds
Andreas Bjarnastein Antoft, Boys 15, Bragdið, high jump, 1.72 m
Teresa Bláhamar, Girls 16-17, Bragdið, high jump, 1.42 m
Oddvør Josephsen, Girls 16-17, Treysti, 400 m, 60.50 seconds (Faroese record)
Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim, Boys 16-17, Hvirlan, 800 m, 2:08.48 min
Edna Maria Debes, Girls 20-22, Hvirlan, triple jump, 9.69 m

Óluva Allansdóttir Joensen won gold in the shot put. This was the only medal in the shot put, which is also the only throwing event at Stórmót IR.

Bronze medals
Miso Buha, Boys 14, Bragdið, 60 m, 8.04 seconds
Hans Erland Thomsen, Boys 14, Bragdið, long jump, 5.08 m
Silas Wang, Boys 15, Bragdið, 400 m, 63.06 seconds
Xavier Magalhaes, Boys 16-17, Bragdið, triple jump, 12.06 m
Unna Ró Jacobsen, Girls 15, Bragdið, 400 m, 64.33 seconds
Elisabet Holm Simonsen, Girls 16-17, Bragdið 60 m, 8.22 seconds (Faroese record)
Elisabet Holm Simonsen, Girls 16-17, Bragdið 400 m, 64.06 seconds
Birita Ryan, Girls 15, Treysti, 60 m, 8.45 seconds
Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim, Boys 16-17, Hvirlan, 400 m, 56.51 seconds
Børka Berg Jørgensen, Girls 13, Hvirlan, 60 m, 9.02 seconds
Børka Berg Jørgensen, Girls 13, Hvirlan, 60 m hurdles, 11.32 seconds

There was also a Faroese record for Margit Weihe Fríðmundsdóttir from Bragdið, who finished 4th in the women’s 200 m. The new record is 27.25 seconds.

Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim had an outstanding weekend with both a silver and a bronze medal. Here he has Hans Sivetsen in tow