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.Beijing Olympic bid book 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.Populous To Design Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval For 2022 Winter Olympic Games First competition was held on 8 October 2021. 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.
Track records Men EventTimeNameCountryDateMeetRef500 metres34.27Jordan Stolz29 November 2024World Cup1000 metres1:07.62Jordan Stolz30 November 2024World Cup1500 metres1:43.21Kjeld Nuis8 February 2022Olympic Games5000 metres6.08.84Nils van der Poel6 February 2022Olympic Games10000 metres12:30.74Nils van der Poel11 February 2022Olympic GamesTeam pursuit(8 laps)3:36.62Daniil AldoshkinSergey TrofimovRuslan Zakharov15 February 2022Olympic Games
Women EventTimeNameCountryDateMeetRef500 metres37.04Erin Jackson13 February 2022Olympic Games1000 metres1:13.19Miho Takagi17 February 2022Olympic Games1500 metres1:53.28Ireen Wüst7 February 2022Olympic Games3000 metres3:56.93Irene Schouten5 February 2022Olympic Games5000 metres6:43.51Irene Schouten10 February 2022Olympic GamesTeam pursuit(6 laps)2.53.44Ivanie BlondinValérie MaltaisIsabelle Weidemann15 February 2022Olympic Games
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