Rebekka wins Danish Championships bronze in the 1,500 m and sets Faroese record in the 800 m – two age-group records for Tummas Napoleon

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At the weekend Rebekka Fuglø was in Denmark, competing at the Danish Indoor Championships. On Treysti’s website, Guttorm Sørensen writes the following about her performance:

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Things went well for Rebekka at the Danish Indoor Championships, where she won the bronze medal in the 1,500m in 4:35.04 min. She ran a tactically very good race against 6 other women. None of them, however, managed to follow Line K. Schulz, who won in 4:26.55 min. Louise Jørgensen, who finished second, set a personal best of 4:32.89 min. In the battle for third place, Rebekka finished just 9/100 of a second ahead of Josefine Rytter, with whom she has often had tough battles. Last year Rebekka also won bronze in the 1,500m, and on that occasion she set a Faroese record of 4:29.60 min.

Rebekka, far right, runs in the green colours of Vejle IF, whom she represents in Danish Championship competitions (photo: Gunner Sørensen)

Just three hours after the 1,500m, Rebekka was due to run in the 800m heats. The thirteen women were divided into three heats of 4, 4 and 5 women respectively, with Rebekka in the third heat of 5. Six women qualify for the final. The winner of each heat went through to the final, along with the three fastest times after that. After the first two heats it was clear that Rebekka either had to win her heat or, more likely, run under 2:14.41 min. and finish at least third. Winning the heat was a tough task, as two Norwegian women were favourites to finish first and second, and so it turned out. From the split times for each 200m, Rebekka knew that her time was good and that she was in third place, but just a few metres before the line Josefine Rytter, who had finished fourth in the 1,500m, passed Rebekka and took third place, and with it the sixth spot in the final, in 2:12.80 min. – just 15/100 of a second ahead of Rebekka, who ran very well and improved her own Faroese record to 2:12.95 min. Her previous record was 2:13.70 min., which she set at the Danish Indoor Championships last year.

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Tummas Napoleon Arge of Hvirlan, who now lives in Denmark, also took part in the Danish Championships. He competed in the 60 metres and the 200 metres. On Saturday he was one of the 27 sprinters in the 200 metres heats. They ran three at a time in nine heats. Tummas Napoleon’s time was 24.51 seconds, which was not enough to reach the final. That required a time of 22.78 seconds. Even so, it was a new age-group record for Boys 22, and overall the time was good enough for 20th place.

Tummas Napoleon receiving congratulations at Tórsbreyt

On Sunday the 60 metres was on the programme. Tummas is quick and fast out of the blocks, so he was expected to do better over the shortest distance. Tummas missed out on the final by just 1/10 of a second. With 7.38 seconds he also managed to set a new age-group record for Boys 22 here. Tummas Napoleon finished 22nd of the 34 sprinters.

 

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