02.04.2022
Valladolid Tribune | @tribunava
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In a tight competition, with 850 athletes, León and Salamanca prevailed, second and third in the general classification
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The Fuente de la Mora sports center in Valladolid experienced the finals of the XXXI Rector of Universities Trophy 2022, a competition that returned, two years later after the forced stoppage period due to the pandemic, with record participation, exceeding 850 athletes. The contest once again crowned the organizer and hostess, the University of Valladolidwhich narrowly imposed those of León and Salamanca, according to a statement.
The long-awaited return of university sports brought together the nine academic entities of Castilla y León, who fought for the titles of the ten sports disciplines at stake, as well as the final university title. The excitement lasted until final whistle of the handball and futsal triangularas well as the decisive women’s tennis matches, which had to wait for a super tie-break, the calculation of which determined the final order of the places of honor.
The public universities of Valladolid, León and Salamanca and the private university of Miguel de Cervantes fought for the final classification in a tight sprint. In the end, UVa emerged as the great protagonist and winner and revalidated the last title achieved before the pandemic, in 2020, on Burgos soil.
The University of Valladolid, final champion with 92 pointsprevailed in the disciplines of men’s and women’s badminton, men’s and women’s table tennis, football and men’s paddle tennis, and was runner-up in women’s paddle tennis, chess and men’s and women’s futsal.
The USAL (third with 77 points) celebrated the titles achieved only in chess, mixed paddle tennis and men’s tennis, but its great value was the regularity achieved in the rest of the disciplines that helped it add up to put pressure on the host until the last moment, as well as the University de León, ultimately runner-up, with 80 points, regular and with three trophies in their showcases (men’s futsal, men’s volleyball and women’s tennis). The fourth in discord was the UEMC, but with the great value of taking the trophies for women’s paddle tennis, women’s volleyball, men’s basketball and women’s handball.
The awards ceremony for this Rector’s Trophy 2022innovative for its ‘sustainable event’ label thanks to Aquavall for eliminating plastics and using trophies with recycled materials, was attended by the newly appointed rector of the University of Valladolid, Anthony Longwho will repeat his mandate for the next four years, and Mary Perrino, general director of Sports of the Junta de Castilla y León, sponsor of the event. The principal thanked “the sportsmanship of all athletes and their commitment to revitalize university sports.”
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