Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
The Faroese athletes won 29 medals at the Stórmót IR competition in Reykjavík yesterday and today. Of these, 10 were gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze.
We also got two new Faroese records. Or in reality the number was three, because Tórur Mortensen first took the 60 metres record in the heats and then improved it in the final. Ási Mikkelsen held the old record of 7.20 sec. But Tórur went well under it already in the heats, when he won his heat in 7.14 seconds. In the final he cut off another good chunk, finishing in 2nd place in 7.09 and winning silver.
The other record fell to Maria Biskopstø in the 400 m. The old record belonged to Oddvør Josephsen, who also took part in this competition, where the two of them won gold and silver. Maria, who has shown exceptional talent at middle distances and not least long distances, has found her speed over the past year. On Saturday she was the fastest Faroese athlete in the 200 metres, and today she won gold and set a Faroese record in the 400 m. At the same time she was under the Island Games qualification standard, and with such a strong performance the 4×400 m national team can now start to mix it with the very best.
Maria and Oddvør on the podium after the 400 m, where they won gold and silver.
As always, the Treysti girls win a lot in Reykjavík, and this time was no exception. Vibeka Sivertsen won gold in the 600 m for girls aged 13, Rebekka Fuglø won gold in both the 800 m and the 1,500 metres, Oddvør Josephsen and Maria Biskopstø won silver and bronze in the 800 m, and in the 400 m, as mentioned, they won gold and silver, with Maria in front. In addition, Oddvør won gold in the 1,500 m.
Roysnið took part in Reykjavík for the first time, and they are also coming home with medals. Ingi Johannesen won silver in both the 1,500 m and the 3,000 m for boys aged 16-17. In the men’s race Regin Thomsen and Arnfinn Johannesen won silver and bronze, while Petra Mikkelsen won silver in the women’s 3,000 m. Anna Katrina Mikkelsen came very close to winning bronze in the 600 m.
Ingi competed in Reykjavík for the first time, and goes home with two silver medals
Børka Berg Jørgensen from Hvirlan is strong in several events and usually wins medals too. It came to one bronze medal each day: on Saturday in the triple jump, and today in the hurdles. Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim won the last medal for Hvirlan when he battled his way to a bronze medal in the 800 metres.
Most of the medals, however, went to Bragdið. Jónas Isaksen and Eiri J. Glerfoss both won four medals each. Eiri won gold in the 60 metres and the 60 m hurdles. In the 200 metres Jónas won gold and Eiri silver. In the 600 metres Jónas won gold. In the long jump Jónas won silver and Eiri bronze, and in the high jump Jónas won bronze.
Jónas won no fewer than four medals. Here he receives gold after a big win in the 600 m
And Bragdið’s older boys were not far behind. Hans Erland Thomsen won gold in the 800 m and silver in the 400 m, while Andreas B. Antoft won silver in the 200 m. Bragdið’s only medal on the girls’ side went to Karin Holm Simonsen, who won bronze in the 800 metres.
The 2018 photo of the year. Hvirlan has been to Stórmót every year since it was founded in 2008
Gold medallists:
Girls 13 600 m – Vibeka Sivertsen, Treysti 1:53.79
Girls 16-17 400 m – Maria Biskopstø, Treysti 60.44 (Faroese record)
Girls 16-17 1,500 m – Oddvør Josephsen, Treysti 5:07.50
Women 800 m – Rebekka Fuglø, Treysti 2:20.74
Women 1,500 m – Rebekka Fuglø, Treysti 4:49.91
Boys 13 60 m – Eiri J. Glerfoss, Bragdið 8.60
Boys 13 200 m – Jónas Isaksen, Bragdið 28.75
Boys 13 600 m – Jónas Isaksen, Bragdið 1:43.16
Boys 13 60 m hurdles – Eiri J. Glerfoss, Bragdið 28.81
Boys 14 800 m – Hans Erland Thomsen, Bragdið 2:33.41
Silver medallists:
Men 60 m – Tórur Mortensen, Hvirlan 7.09 (Faroese record)
Girls 16-17 400 m – Oddvør Josephsen, Treysti 61.16
Girls 16-17 800 m – Oddvør Josephsen, Treysti 2:25.93
Boys 13 200 m – Eiri J. Glerfoss, Bragdið 28.81
Boys 13 long jump – Jónas Isaksen, Bragdið 4.39
Boys 14 400 m – Hans Erland Thomsen, Bragdið 58.91
Boys 16-17 200 m – Andreas B. Antoft, Bragdið, 24.18
Boys 16-17 1,500 m – Ingi Johannesen, Roysnið 4:59.45
Boys 16-17 3,000 m – Ingi Johannesen, Roysnið 11:00.06
Men 3,000 m – Regin Thomsen, Roysnið 10:19.25
Women 3,000 m – Petra Mikkelsen, Roysnið 13:21.53
Bronze medallists:
Girls 13 triple jump – Børka Berg Jørgensen, Hvirlan 9.58
Girls 13 60 m hurdles – Børka Berg Jørgensen, Hvirlan 10.93
Men 800 m – Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim, Hvirlan 2:04.30
Girls 16-17 800 m – Maria Biskopstø, Treysti 2:27.08
Boys 13 high jump – Jónas Isaksen, Bragdið 1.39
Boys 13 long jump – Eiri J. Glerfoss, Bragdið 4.38
Women 800 m – Karin Holm Simonsen – Bragdið 2:29.88
Men 3,000 m – Arnfinn Johannesen, Roysnið 11:28.08
There were many other good results besides those mentioned here. Most athletes set one or two personal bests, and several new age-group records were also set.
As soon as next weekend, some of them will be competing again, when the national team travels to Malmö to compete on Saturday and Sunday.
You must be logged in to post a comment.