The torch for the 30th
Universiade World University Games, scheduled to take place in
Naples July 3-14, 2019, will depart from Turin, according to
Commissioner Gianluca Basile, general director of the Regional
Agency for the Universiade (ARU).
Basile spoke at the directors' planning meeting that took
place on Friday at Santa Lucia Palace, headquarters of the
Region of Campania offices.
The design of the torch was approved on November 20 and an
agreement was stipulated with the Italian University Sport
Centre (CUSI) for the route.
The departure will take place in the Piedmont regional
capital city, where the first Universiade Games took place,
followed by a stop in Lausanne, where the headquarters of the
International University Sports Federation (FISU) is located.
The torch will then travel to the Vatican in Rome, prior to
arriving in Campania for the start of the Games.
The updated plan discussed at Friday's meeting took into
account the possibility of using the rugby stadium at the former
NATO base owned by the Banco Foundation of Naples.
A remodeling project for Field A at the Afragola stadium was
also added to the plan, following uncertainty over the
possibility of using the Albricci stadium in Naples as the main
rugby venue.
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