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More #IDUS2016 Celebrations around the World

FISU 26 September 2016

 

 

ARGENTINA – More than 30 universities from 15 Argentinian provinces celebrated the #IDUS2016 with sports, seminars, debates and many other activities. FeDUA, the Argentinian NUSF nominated Villa Maria as the Argentinean city to become the American University Sport City. Later on, FISU America will choose the American capital of University Sports. It was the biggest celebration of the day as the town hall of Villa Maria fully supported the nomination and participated in all activities together with the educational institutions, high school, college and university students, as well as senior citizens and people with disabilities could enjoy contests, shows, open classes and more. Mayor Martin Gill and the Rector of the University Luis Negretti visited throughout the day the different circuits where activities were carried out.

FINLAND – In Finland, the ‘International Day of University Sport’ was celebrated in the city of Tampere. The event took place in the new sport facilities of Tampere University of Applied Sciences and was arranged by the Finnish Student Sport Federation (OLL), the Finnish Olympic Committee and Tampere Sports Academy together with Unipoli Sport which provides sport services for university students and personnel, a total of 40,000 persons in Tampere.

LITHUANIA – On 20September, the Lithuanian Students Sports Association together with the Lithuanian Sports University began its #IDUS2016 celebration in Kaunas with a sporty day for 200 students. About 30 students were from the ERASMUS programme, coming from different countries such as Portugal, Spain, Croatia and Kazakhstan. The sporty day begun with a Flashmob, followed by different sport activities like Tug-of-war, a mixed 3×3 basketball tournament, Hel-Pong and Funny relays.

MADAGASCAR – To celebrate #IDUS2016 in Madagaskar, some basketball and wheelchair basketball games were organised, as well as cultural activities and traditional dances from the different regions of the island were programmed. All universities were invited to participate in the IDUS celebration

SENEGAL – On the occasion of the #IDUS2016, UASSU, the NUSF of Senegal, together with the Ministry of Sport, organised a walk as well as a basketball tournament.

 

(Source: Education Dept.)