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The Richmond Olympic Oval Corporation was created as a municipal corporation in 2010, with the sole purpose of operating the venue. [20] Following the Olympics, the venue was transformed into a community multi-sports park, which opened in April 2010. [21] Bleachers for 800 spectators were sold to be used for the Vancouver Island University ...
Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500 m) and long track (5000 m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day. He competed in the 5000 m and then raced across town to the 1500 m event.
The Richmond Olympic Oval and the Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium) are the only venues to have been dismantled as a speed skating rink, in 2010 and 1992 respectively. [3] The first indoor artificial speed skating oval was the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in East Berlin, Germany in 1985.
The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 23 February 2010. [1]The overwhelming pre-race favorite Sven Kramer, who had won 18 consecutive 10,000 m races since 2006, was disqualified due to a missed lane change after 6600 m into the race.
Richmond Olympic Oval: None 8,000 [22] 2014 Sochi: Adler Arena Skating Center: None: 8,000 ... Olympic Oval in Calgary hosted the speed skating events for the 1988 ...
Whistler Olympic Park ski jumps at Callaghan Valley The Richmond Olympic Oval The largest competition venue was Canada Hockey Place, with a capacity of just under 19,000 spectators. For the first time, Olympic games were played on a narrower NHL-sized ice rink, measuring 61 by 26 metres (200 ft × 85 ft), instead of the international size of 61 ...
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Richmond Oval may refer to: Richmond Olympic Oval, in the Canadian city of Richmond, near Vancouver, British Columbia; Richmond Oval (South Australia) ...