his or her own share of the total
distance, until the required
19.92 kilometers was completed
by all four competitors making
up a team. This could be
completed either together or
separately, according to each
team’s circumstances in their
specific country.
Over 40 000 participants
from nine AUSF member
federations participated in the
challenge despite the COVID-19
pandemic. Through this event,
AUSF emphasised their “We
are together” slogan despite
the challenging times. The
Run Challenge also provided a
platform for all who love and
care for university sports to
be united and find a sense of
belonging.
Other IDUS events organised
in AUSF member countries
included a Run Project in
China, a University Sports Club
Workshop in Chinese Taipei,
a workshop with the theme
“Keeping Safe, Staying Active”
in Singapore, an Educational
Forum in Sri Lanka as well
as a webinar with the theme
“Sustainable Development
Goals in Sports” in Malaysia.
Chess Championship
In order to provide Asian youth
with more tailored sports
opportunities, the AUSF made
another experimental effort in
bringing sports events online
in cooperation with the Asian
Chess Federation (ACF). The
2020 Asian University Chess
Championship (2020 AUC
Chess) was successfully held
from December 14-29. This was
the first ever AUSF online sport
event, organised by the National
University Sports Federation
of Iran under the auspices of
the Asian University Sports
Federation in cooperation with
the Asian Chess Federation,
with the success of the event
attributed to the tremendous
efforts made by all the three
parties.A total of 85 players and
17 officials representing 13
National University Sport
Federations participated in
the event, including 37 female
players making up eight female
teams in the women’s category;
while 48 male players, making
up 12 male teams participated
in the men’s category.Participating in the tournament
were players from China,
Indonesia, India, Iran,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia,
Oman, Singapore, Sri Lanka and
Thailand.In the women’s individual event,
Mongolia’s Khulan Enksaikhan
was crowned champion,
with Nur Abidah Shanti from
Indonesia in second and
Nomindalai Tumurbaatar from
Mongolia in third. Mongolia
was the overall winner in the
women’s team event, with
Indonesia in second place and
Iran taking the bronze medal.In the men’s individual
competition, Khalil Mousavi
Seyed of Iran claimed victory,
followed by Ayan Akhmetov
of Kazakhstan and Mongolia’s
Enkhbaatar Enkhnar in third.Indonesia claimed the men’s
team category honours, withIran winning the silver medal
and, Kazakhstan rounding off
the podium positions.Bilateral Cooperation
It was encouraging to see
ties were strengthened
between AUSF and EUSA,
through regular exchanges
of communication and online
meetings at various levels
convened by FISU. Such
collaborations not only improve
communication between the
federations, but also enhance
the friendship among the
member federations of both
AUSF and EUSA.In 2021, AUSF delegates from
the Executive Committee and
the Secretariat received a
great honour in being invited
to observe the EUSA Awards
Ceremony online, witnessing the
great achievements that EUSA
and its members have been
made in the very challenging
year 2020. EUSA delegates
and EUSA members are also
warmly welcome to attend the
11th AUSF General Assembly
and 3rd FISU-AUSF Strategic
Dialogue to be held in 2021.VI 2020 Special Issue
of Magazine
To mark the extraordinary
year 2020 and all the efforts
made by the various NUSFs,
universities, and individuals
in continuing to promote and
strengthen Asian university
sports, a special issue of the
AUSF magazine for AUSF was
issued with the support from
the AUSF Education Committee.
The funding as well as the
process of coordinating with
contributors and editing ofthis magazine was provided by
the Chinese Taipei University
Sports Federation. Approved
by Executive Committee, the
magazine was sent to all AUSF
members.Future events
Several AUSF events have
already been scheduled for the
year 2021. These include the
FISU-AUSF Strategic Dialogue,
General Assembly and AUC
Badminton Championships,
all of which will take place
in September in Taipei City,
Chinese Taipei. The AUC Rugby
7s Championships are set to
take place in October in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia before
November’s AUSF Football
Cup in Jinjiang, China. Daets
for the AUC Cheerleading
Championships, taking place in
the Republic of Korea, as well
as the FISU-NUSF Seminar in
Australia will be confirmed at a
later date.PLEASE SEE
http://www.ausf.org
for more information