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Napoli soaks up the spirit of IDUS

FISU 21 September 2018

Double the fun for students in Napoli and Salerno

NAPOLI — The host city of the 2019 Summer Universiade celebrated the International Day of University Sport in style. To mark the date of 20 September, which is special to all university students around the world, Napoli hosted two events to activate and motivate students to get their sports shoes on. 

 

The two venues were the University of Napoli and University of Salerno and both saw participation by the hundreds from university students. 

 

The first stage was the University of Napoli, together with CUS Napoli – the local body affiliated to the national Italian Sports University Centre (CUSI) – where about 250 students studying sport were involved with the activities. Official CUS coaches came together with the students to enjoy a range of disciplines together: from athletics to sport dance, volleyball and football.

 

Later in the afternoon, the fun was doubled as the second stage came into play at the Fisciano Campus of the ‘Università di Salerno’, together with CUS Salerno. Here too, the students from the Sport department drove different activities in various university sporting venues to encourage and include the entire university population.

 

The idea was to promote the core concept of IDUS, proclaimed by UNESCO, which is to celebrate sport and physical activity as part of university life, through ethics, fair-play, equality and social inclusion.