Beijing National Speed Skating Oval Explained

National Speed Skating Oval
Nickname:The Ice Ribbon
Location:Olympic Green, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Coordinates:40.0159°N 116.3714°W
Broke Ground:April 2017[1]
Opened:October 8, 2021
Publictransit: station
Architect:Populous
Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
Capacity:5,200 seats (temporary)
6,800 (permanent)
Tenants:2022 Winter Olympics
Native Name:国家速滑馆

The National Speed Skating Oval (The Ice Ribbon) is a speed skating arena which is the only new venue built on Beijing's Olympic Green for the Winter Olympics. It hosted the speed skating competitions at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[2] It was built on the location of the former Olympic Green Hockey Field used for field hockey event and the Olympic Green Archery Field used for the archery event.

It can accommodate 12,000 spectators (6,800 permanent and 5,200 temporary seats) according to the bid book. After the games it is foreseen to use it as a public skating venue and for ice hockey clubs.

Designed by Populous and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, construction began in mid-2017, and was completed in 2019.[3] First competition was held on 8 October 2021.[4] It has an area of 12,000 square meters, being the largest speed skating venue in Asia. The facade is highlighted by 22 "ice ribbon" with a length of 622 meters each. The second floor has a Temple of Heaven-inspired curved curtain wall system.

Technologies

This Olympic venue is one of the few large-size ice arenas in the world that uses refrigerant. is used as both refrigerant in cooling system and secondary refrigerant in cooling distribution system, including the rink pipes. The arena has been completed with a heat recovery function, that can cover arena heating demands like ventilation, air dehumidification, hot water production, etc. The refrigeration rack, including cooling machines, has 4 MW max cooling capacity.[5]

Track records

Men

width=12%Eventwidth=5%Timewidth=18%Namewidth=15%Countrywidth=15%Datewidth=31%Meetwidth=3%Ref
500 metres34.32Gao Tingyu12 February 2022Olympic Games[6]
1000 metres1:07.92Thomas Krol18 February 2022Olympic Games[7]
1500 metres1:43.21Kjeld Nuis8 February 2022Olympic Games[8]
5000 metres6.08.84Nils van der Poel6 February 2022Olympic Games[9]
10000 metres12:30.74Nils van der Poel11 February 2022Olympic Games[10]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)
3:36.62Daniil Aldoshkin
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
15 February 2022Olympic Games[11]

Women

width=12%Eventwidth=5%Timewidth=18%Namewidth=15%Countrywidth=15%Datewidth=31%Meetwidth=3%Ref
500 metres37.04Erin Jackson13 February 2022Olympic Games[12]
1000 metres1:13.19Miho Takagi17 February 2022Olympic Games[13]
1500 metres1:53.28Ireen Wüst7 February 2022Olympic Games[14]
3000 metres3:56.93Irene Schouten5 February 2022Olympic Games[15]
5000 metres6:43.51Irene Schouten10 February 2022Olympic Games[16]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)
2.53.44Ivanie Blondin
Valérie Maltais
Isabelle Weidemann
15 February 2022Olympic Games[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: China's National Speed Skating Oval to be open all year round after Beijing 2022.
  2. Beijing Olympic bid book
  3. http://populous.com/news/2017/05/02/populous-design-beijings-national-speed-skating-arena-2022-winter-olympic-games/ Populous To Design Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval For 2022 Winter Olympic Games
  4. Web site: “冰丝带”迎来首场国际比赛. beijing2022.cn. 2021-10-08. 2022-01-08. 2021-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009072702/https://www.beijing2022.cn/sv1/wog.html?cmsid=20211008002421. dead.
  5. Web site: Bolteau. Simon. 2022-01-03. EKA contributes to the best possible ice for the Olympic arena in Beijing. 2022-02-05. EKA Sweden. en.
  6. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 12 February 2022. 12 February 2022.
  7. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's 1000m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 18 February 2022. 19 February 2022.
  8. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's 1500m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 8 February 2022. 8 February 2022.
  9. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's 5000m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 6 February 2022. 6 February 2022.
  10. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's 10,000m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 11 February 2022. 11 February 2022.
  11. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's Team Pursuit – Semifinals – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 15 February 2022. 15 February 2022.
  12. Web site: Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 13 February 2022. 13 February 2022.
  13. Web site: Speed Skating – Women's 1000m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 17 February 2022. 17 February 2022.
  14. Web site: Speed Skating – Women's 1500m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 7 February 2022. 7 February 2022.
  15. Web site: Speed Skating – Women's 3000m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 5 February 2022. 5 February 2022.
  16. Web site: Speed Skating – Women's 5000m – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 10 February 2022. 10 February 2022.
  17. Web site: Speed Skating – Women's Team Pursuit – Finals – Results. media.isuresults.eu. 15 February 2022. 15 February 2022.