Athletic Bahiana Medicine wins sixth championship at the VIII Intermed Bahia

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A Athletic Bahiana of Medicine was, for the sixth time, the highlight of Intermed, the largest sporting event among medical courses in Bahia. The event took place from October 7 to 12, bringing together medical students from various universities in the state, in a day of competitions in the following categories: basketball, volleyball, handball, futsal, swimming, table tennis, jiu-jitsu, chess and poker, in addition to the artistic categories of drums andheerleading. The competitions took place at the facilities of the Banco do Brasil Athletic Association.

In addition to being a six-time overall champion, Athletic Bahiana of Medicine won the award for best battery with his famous Frenética, in addition to first places in the categories of table tennis, men's futsal, handball, basketball and women's volleyball. For Beatriz Sobral, president of the Medical Athletics of Bahiana, “there is no big secret to winning the sixth championship. It was achieved and built during the year 2024, through our organized management and the daily effort of all our athletes and coaches. I am extremely proud of everyone's commitment to achieving the long-awaited sixth title. Greater than this achievement is only the impact that university sports have on the lives of students. The various modalities practiced provide lessons that are carried over into life. Encouraging health promotion practices in this environment is essential and that is why we increasingly count on the support of the institution that we are proud to represent so that sports can reach more and more students”.

“We realize that the ‘Atletico’ movement is very important in terms of a culture at the university in relation to the practice of sports, since we work with health. This reinforces, in medical training, the importance of health care, through the practice of sports”, highlights the professor of the Medicine course, Rafael Lélis, who honored Intermed by supporting the Athletic Bahiana of Medicine, alongside professors Iura Gonzales Alves, Narciso Paiva, Venandra Andrade and Daniel Castelo Branco.