Olympic Sliding Centre
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| 알펜시아 슬라이딩 센터 | |
2018 Olympic Sliding Centre | |
.jpg) View of the track at Alpensia | |
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| Standort | Daegwallyeong, South Korea |
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| Coordinates | 37°39′13″N 128°40′53″E / 37.65361°N 128.68139°E |
| Capacity | Total: 7,000 Seated: 1,000 Standing: 6,000 |
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| Broke ground | March 4, 2014 |
| Construction cost | ₩ 122.8 billion |
| Main contractors | Daelim Inc |
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| Track Website | |
The Alpensia Sliding Centre (알펜시아 슬라이딩 센터) is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track that is located in Daegwallyeong,South Korea.[1] The centre is part of the Alpensia Resort located in the county of Pyeongchang. The venue is the first sliding centre in Korea, and the second in Asia.[2]
Championships hosted
- 2016-2017 Luge, Skeleton, and Bobsleigh World Cups
- Sliding events at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Track technical details
Bauwesen
The venue was built by Daelim under the responsibility of the Gangwon Province.[3] The construction cost ₩122.8 billion (about US$114.5 million), to be shared between the country and the regional authorities: National Government 92.1 billion, Local Government 30.7 billion.[4]
The construction of the Alpensia Sliding Centre started in March 2014 and was completed in the final months of 2017.[5]
Characteristics
It occupies a surface of 177,000 square metres (44 acres), and has a range in altitude from 940 m above sea level at the top of the track down to 800 m above sea level at finish line.[6] The track itself is 2,018 m long (to commemorate the Olympics), and is 1.40 m wide.[3][6] The venue can also hold 7,000 attendants, with 1,000 seats and standing room for the remaining 6,000.[1]
2018 Winter Olympics
During coverage of the Games on NBC Sports in the United States, the track was referred to as "The House of Speed" while turns 9-12 were referred to as "Run Breaker" for the fact they slowed down the sleds so much that it costs sliders positions, including medals. The best known example was Germany's Felix Loch who was leading after three runs in the luge men's singles event only to have problems during the final run through "Run Breaker", causing the two-time defending Olympic champion to finish 4th.
References
- ^ a b "Olympic Sliding Centre | Venues | PyeongChang 2018 | The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games". 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ Press. "Preview for the BMW IBSF World Cup: World Cup finale and Olympic rehearsals in PyeongChang". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ a b "Read - | DAELIM |". 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ The Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Olympic Sliding Center for the Success of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018 - SportsFeatures.com - March 10, 2014
- ^ Groundbreaking Ceremony held for PyeongChang 2018 Sliding Centre - International Olympic Committee - March 11, 2014
- ^ a b "Olympic Sliding Centre : PyeongChang 2018 Venue". 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
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