Oddvør and Maria at the Nordic Cross-Country Championships

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

Tomorrow morning at 09:30 our time, the starting gun goes for the Nordic Cross-Country Championships. The first group to set off is the U20 girls, where the Faroe Islands have two representatives. The two Klaksvík girls Oddvør Josephsen and Maria Biskopstø get to test themselves against the best young women in the Nordic countries.

Seven Danish, four Swedish, three Norwegian, three Finnish, one Icelandic and, of course, two Faroese girls will find out who is strongest in the Nordic region. It must be said straight away, though, that we do not expect any Faroese girl at the front. The opposition will be far too tough for that, and we must probably accept that we are here to learn.

Round 2 of the Danish Winter Series is also part of the Nordic Championships event. This means the Faroese girls get to compete against all the best Danish girls as well as Denmark’s seven national team runners. This will probably make the race more enjoyable for our girls.

As mentioned, this race starts at 09:30 Faroese time, and it can be streamed at this link:

More about the competition can also be read on DAF’s website

 

Oddvør and Maria are excited to represent the Faroese flag in international competition

There are also races in the men’s U20 and the open men’s and women’s categories. However, the Faroe Islands have no representatives in these categories. In a year’s time the Nordic Cross-Country Championships will be held in Iceland, and hopefully we will be better represented there.