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Tomorrow morning FÍF’s national teams leave for VU-Spelen in Gothenburg, where the competition takes place at Nya Ullevi all weekend. The events start on Friday morning and finish on Sunday evening. There are 24 athletes in the squad, including twelve of the fifteen who are going to the Island Games, which begin next weekend.
These athletes took part last year
VU-Spelen is a big competition, and this year almost 3,500 athletes have registered for more than 8,600 starts. It is the largest competition of its kind in the Nordic countries. FÍF first took part in this competition in 2005. It is a good competition to take part in, and many Faroese records, age-group records and personal bests have been set in Gothenburg.
Taking part this year:
From Roysnið:
Hennie Maria R. Samuelsen.
From Hvirlan:
Edna Maria Debes, Tórur Mortensen, Guðrið K. Petersen, Dánjal D. Ljósheim, Lýdia Simonsen, Sunniva Bogadóttir, Elin Niclasen, Miso Buha and Børka B. Jørgensen.
From Bragdið:
Hans Erland Thomsen, Jónas Isaksen, Eiri J. Glerfoss, Andreas B. Antoft, Margit W. Frímundsdóttir, Elisabet H. Simonsen, Bára J. Glerfoss, Kristianna S. Joensen, Teresa F. Bláhamar and Alda S. Lamhauge.
From Treysti:
Maria Biskopstø, Oddvør Josephsen, Vibeka Sivertsen and Julian Gregersen.
Team leaders and coaches are: Regin Thomsen, Jógvan Glerfoss, Debes Christiansen, Heri Ziska and Gunnvá Wardum.
Start lists can be found here: Start lists VU-Spelen 2019
The timetable can be found here: Timetable
Results can be found here. Results VU-Spelen 2019
There will be live streaming on Saturday and Sunday at this link: Live stream VU-Spelen 2019
FÍF wishes all the athletes the best of luck in the competition.
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