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Next Saturday, the 22nd, the University of Navarra celebrates the XXV edition of the Sports Day. A meeting in which more than 5,000 people are expected and in which will be disputed, as a novelty, an obstacle coursedegree program and a carrea of color, both with a solidarity purpose.

It is the Holi Cross Coe, which will begin at 18:30, and will fill with color the campus of the University with the launching of colored powders. The event will serve to finance the congress of Oncology for Students, organized by the students of the School of Medicine of the University of Navarra and that has as goal to promote the research for the cure of cancer. 

The second novelty will be the Gladiators Day, a degree program of obstacles, with loads, drags, crawls, crawls, walls, balances, etc. The competition will start at 9:00 am and will last until 1:30 pm, when the final will take place. This degree program will also be a charity event, in favor of association Niños contra el Cáncer.

On this 25th anniversary, the Sports Day will include more than 65 activities for all ages, including the Great Challenge Caixabank, a Zumba Master Class, squash tournaments, paddle tennis, volleyball, 3x3 soccer, 3x3 basketball and golf, a photo contest sponsored by Ford Irusa, as well as exhibitions of basket toe, acrobatics '-a position center Backflip- or figure skating, starring the AD. Noáin. 

This year, all those who come to the Sports Day by bicycle will receive as award a backpack donated by the Government of Navarra, which in its commitment to sustainable mobility promotes the annual campaign of tax deductions for electric vehicles (30% tax deduction on personal income tax or corporate income tax when buying a car, van, bicycle or electric motorcycle). For more information, please visit the microsite: www.movilidadsostenible.navarra.es or http://www.navarraemisioncero.info/.

Rafa Usin and Javier Eseverri, with the little ones

The workshop will also include activities for children: inflatables, zip line, face painting, experiment workshop, swimming pool with water boats, etc. In addition, Rafa Usin and Javi Eseverri, player and former player of the Navarre soccer team conference room Osasuna Magna, and promoters of the Futsal Academy, will offer an exclusive training activity based on their experience and career. The initiative, aimed at boys and girls from six years old, aims to improve individual quality, mental agility and team work . It will take place from 11 a.m. on the artificial grass soccer field.

Javier Trigo, director of the Sports Service of the University of Navarra, recalled that "Sports Day is a celebration open to everyone; not only to the university community but to the people of the city and of Navarra".

25 YEARS OF SPORTS DAY, IN PICTURES