The University of Coimbra (UC) signed today two memorandum agreements with two Portuguese Sports Federations: Cycling and Swimming. The event took place in UC's Senate Room.

These partnerships will allow implementing a programme for sports development in the sports universities high-performance area, as well as logistics mechanisms for support to high-performance athletes, through universities dormitories use and suiting its infra-structures and operation to the athletes' needs.

The cooperation between UC and both Sports Federations also establishes healthcare services and technical-scientific follow-up, as well as I&D studies in the high-performance area using all knowledge fields available at UC.

The memorandums were signed by João Gabriel Silva, UC's Principal, Delmino Pereira, Portuguese Cycling Federation's President, and António José Silva, Portuguese Swimming Federation's President.