EUSA Year Magazine 2020-21

ASIAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS

FEDERATION (AUSF)

As it did across the globe, the outbreak of the COVID-19

pandemic caused major disruptions to all Asian University Sports

Federation (AUSF) events in 2020. However, the entire AUSF

family including board members, staff, member federations,

event organisers and partners spared no effort in taking a

proactive and creative approach in tackling the challenges in

different ways, adopting online and hybrid formats to organise

a range of meetings, activities and championships. These

immense efforts empowered the federation to maintain the

sustainability of the Asian university sports movement.

IDUS Celebrations

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,

many mega international

sports were either postponed or

cancelled, leaving the AUSF little

chance to organise any onsite

sports events. To cope with the

unprecedented challenges, AUSF,

like FISU and other continental

university sports federations,

did their best to ensure the

sustainability of university sports

movement. September’s IDUS

celebrations therefore became

one of highlight events of the

year for AUSF.

Compared to the IDUS

celebration of the past years,

2020’s celebrations featured

an adaptive format of the event

with various resources put

into it.

The AUSF’s main, centralised

activity was the hybrid AUSF

Run Challenge, which involved

running a total distance of 19.92

kilometers. Each competitor in a

team was required to complete

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