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More than 70 UDP medicine students compete in the 2026 Juegos Interescuelas

Universidad Diego Portales (UDP) reports that more than 70 of its medicine students are competing in the 2026 inter-school games. Its medicine student sports centre presented its origins and participation results on 29 October.

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Why it matters: More than 70 UDP medicine students are taking part in the 2026 inter-school games, according to the university.

According to UDP, more than 70 students from its medicine programme are competing in the Juegos Interescuelas 2026, an inter-school games.

On Thursday 29 October, the Centro Deportivo Estudiantil de Medicina (CDEM), the medicine students' sports centre, held an activity at the Espacio Pleural on Ejército 141, the university reported.

UDP said the event was organised in coordination with the Faculty of Medicine and the Dirección de Asuntos Estudiantiles (DAE), its student affairs office, and presented the organisation's origins and the results of students' participation.

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Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor

The university reports that more than 70 of its medicine students are competing in the 2026 games, and that its medicine sports centre presented the organisation's origins and participation results at an event on 29 October.

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