Jinan Olympic Sports Center () is a sports venue in

Jinan Jinan (), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Tsinan, is the Capital (political), capital of Shandong province in East China, Eastern China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is the second-largest city i ...

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. It is located in the south-east of the city. The area is home to the main sports venues for the

2009 National Games of China The 11th National Games of China were held in various cities in Shandong from October 16 to October 28, 2009. Represented were 33 sports, 43 disciplines and 362 events, including 4 winter sports which were held in Shenyang, Changchun and Qingdao b ...

in October 2009, including the main

Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium The Jinan Olympic Sports Centre Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 济南奥林匹克体育中心), also colloquially known as Xiliu () is a multi-use stadium in the Jinan Olympic Sports Center in Jinan, China. The stadium was the main venue for the ...

. The entire precinct is 81 hectares in size.

Facilities

The overall layout of the Jinan Olympic Sports Center is known as Donghe Xiliu () due to the distinctive architecture of the venues. Also, the city flower and tree of Jinan are the lotus and

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, respectively. *

- Located on the western side of the center. It is known as Xiliu () or "West Willow" as the external frame of the stadium resembles willow leaves. It is the main stadium and hosted the opening ceremony,

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

and

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

events during the National Games. Located on the eastern half of the center, the following three venues together resemble a lotus flower and are known as Donghe () or "East Lotus": * Jinan Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium - Hosted the closing ceremony and

gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

events of the National Games. * Jinan Olympic Sports Center Tennis Stadium - An indoor tennis stadium that hosted the preliminaries and finals of the tennis in the National Games. * Jinan Olympic Sports Center Natatorium - Hosted the swimming and diving events at the National Games.

External links

Jinan Olympic Sports Center website11th National Games Official website
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