A close look at Chengdu Universiade venues

陈小将

There are less than two weeks to go before the opening of the World University Games in Chengdu. The sporting events of the Universiade will take place in 27 competition venues, a combination of brand new structures and existing ones.

Let's take a look at some of the venues, as well as the Universiade Village that the athletes will call home during their stay in Chengdu.

Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Center


An inner view of Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Center. [Photo courtesy of Chengdu Universiade website]
Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Center is a large Class A aquatics center, with one floor of large space above the ground, three floors of local structures and one floor of basement. It covers a floor area of 73,549.33 square meters. One competition pool with 10 lanes and one warm-up pool with 10 lanes are provided. The size of the competition pool is 50mx25m. The water depth is two meters.

The aquatics center will serve as a competition, warm-up and training venue for swimming events during the Chengdu FISU World University Games. The swimming events will be held from August 1 to 7, with a total of 42 gold medals to be awarded.