(BEIJING, August 20) -- With the 2008 Olympic Games less than one year away, the China Agricultural University (CAU) Gymnasium was delivered to wrestling's international governing body (FILA) at a symbolic key hand-over ceremony Saturday morning.
Located on the eastern campus of CAU, the Olympic wrestling venue is, by far, the first completed venue that is based on a school campus. The complex spans an area of nearly 24,000 square meters and can seat up to 8,500 people.
Inside the venue will be three mats for Olympic wrestling competition. An auxiliary training lobby will also be available for the athletes during the Games.
After the Games, the labby will revive its orginal function as a indoor swimming pool. During the construction, the pool was backfilled with sand and will serve as an auxiliary lobby at the Games-time.
In 2002, geothermal water was discovered in the university area where it was tested 49 degrees Celsius. So the Olympic wrestling athletes and the swimmers after the Games can use the water to take a bath as the teachers and students of the university do.
