World-class opposition

Friday 2nd January 2009, 3:00PM GMT.

JERSEY athletes competing in the NatWest Island Games in Aland next summer could well be facing a former European champion.

Olympic long distance runner Janne Holmén, pictured, is Aland’s greatest ever athlete – and they have had a few of international standard – with his top achievement being taking the European championships marathon title at Munich in 2002, crossing the line in 2 hr, 12.04 min.

Only 31-years-old, the Sweden-based runner is still competing at the highest levels, but hopes that Europa Cup commitments in June will still allow him to represent his home island in their second hosting of the biennial Games.

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