Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic speed skating venue completed – Sports

BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — The construction of the National Speed Skating Hall for Beijing 2022, also known as the “Ice Ribbon” was completed on Friday and will start ice-making in January of 2021 , according to the Beijing Major Projects Construction Headquarters Office. As the only newly-built competition venue for ice events in the Beijing Winter Olympics, it covers an area of about 80,000 square meters and can accommodate about 12,000 spectators. During the Winter Olympics, it will host the speed skating competitions which offer 14 gold medals. According to the project manager, the venue has made innovative breakthroughs…