Margit owns the day with a record and bronze

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Only two events were on the programme for our athletes in Gotland today. Both were for Margit Weihe Fríðmundsdóttir.

First thing this morning she ran the 200 metres semi-final. As we will remember, yesterday she set a fine Faroese record of 26.82 seconds and ran straight through to the next round.

Today she was in lane six in the first heat. There was a strong tailwind down towards the finish line, so although Margit once again ran a record time, her time of 26.57 seconds cannot be ratified as a new Faroese record. The time was also not quite good enough to take her through to the final.

In the afternoon Margit was in the triple jump final, where eight women took part. Everything Margit does at the Island Games seems to turn into a Faroese record. First the long jump, which had too much wind, then the 200 metres record, then the records with the 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams, and finally the 200 metres time, which had too much wind. Yes, everything she does is better than anything before.

And so was her first jump of the day. She jumped 10.83 metres in the first round. Yet another Faroese record for Margit. With this long jump Margit put herself in silver-medal position after the first round. As the competition went on, it became increasingly clear that Margit would most likely hold on to second place. Only Kamela Monks of Jersey looked capable of jumping further.

Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened in the final round. Monks moved past Margit, who still had one chance to respond. Her last jump looked good. Plenty of speed and a good take-off, hitting the board well. But the jump did not come off, and Margit had to settle for the bronze medal.

Margit has produced her best ever results in all six of her events so far.

In the Faroese camp we are overjoyed. We had not counted on this medal before the Island Games, so this bronze was an extra special delight.

We wholeheartedly congratulate Margit on her medal and on her Faroese record.

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