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The Uruguay Athletes' Federation ("Agrupaci�n de Atletas del Uruguay" - AAU), was founded on 22 May 1965,
as "an institution aimed at socially and culturally unite all the athletes and fans of athletics of the country" (Article 1 of the AAU Statutes, last amended on 9 July 1992 by the AAU General Assembly).
The AAU is distinct from the national athletics federation, the Uruguay Athletics Federation (CAU, "Confederaci�n Atl�tica del
Uruguay"), which is affiliated with the Uruguay Olympic Committee and the IAAF.
Ivan Sache, 18 December 2011
The flag of the AAU is described in Chapter II, Article 8 of the AAU Statutes ("Flag and emblem"), as follows:
"The federation shall use as its representative emblem a light blue flag, transversally crossed from top to bottom by a white stripe charged with the red letters 'A.A.U.' ."
Ivan Sache, 18 December 2011