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50 000 students have participated in the International University Sports Day events in Russia

Russia has celebrated the International University Sports Day, a holiday approved by UNESCO and the International University Sports Federation in 2015.

Yekaterinburg has become the central location of the International Day of University Sports in our country this year. The All-Russian Student Festival was held at the Ural Federal University from 17 to 20 September, which brought together more than 2.5 thousand participants. Students from 20 regions of Russia competed in 14 different kinds of sports.

In total, around 50 thousand students from more than 50 regions of the country took part in sport, entertainment and educational events timed to the International University Sports Day.