The National Sliding Centre's track is the first in the world to feature a 360-degree loop section, with the top bobsleigh, luge, skeleton riders at Beijing 2022 relishing its challenging design. GETTY IMAGES
By SHI FUTIAN | China Daily | Updated: 2022-02-17 09:24
With China's sudden emergence as an Olympic medal contender in sliding sports at Beijing 2022, the country's gleaming new National Sliding Centre in the Yanqing competition zone has also caught the attention of the world's winter sports community.
"We made huge efforts over the past six to seven years for the National Sliding Centre and everything has paid off," said Zhang Yuting, the designer of the venue in an interview with media next to the track on Monday.
"I always told people around me that we finally have our home track, and that can make a huge difference. What could be better? Our home track has world-class quality and design."
China had barely any history in sliding sports before Beijing won the Olympic bid in 2015, yet the nation set about building one of the world's longest sliding tracks in the capital's northwestern suburb Yanqing.
Constructed across the ridges of Xiaohaituo Mountain in Yanqing, the track features a first-of-its-kind 360-degree loop section, with a maximum gradient of 18 percent among 16 curves.
The track features a vertical drop of 120 meters between the start gate and the finish area, and the center can seat up to 2,000 spectators. Of all Beijing 2022's new venues, it was one of the most complicated projects to undertake.
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Post time: Feb-17-2022
