The National Indoor Athletics Centre is an indoor

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sports venue in the

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area of

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, capital of

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. It is sited on the

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Campus and is one of the main facilities used by

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, which organises the Cardiff branch of the Athletics Development Centre at the National Indoor Athletics Centre. National Indoor Athletic Centre

The track facilities include: *200m, 4 lane banked track *60m, 8 lane straight track *120m, 6 lane straight track which finishes outside the main arena A centre of sporting excellence opened at the site in January 2011 by First Minister

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and Wales football manager

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. The Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre provides elite facilities for students, athletes and the wider public. There are sports medicine and physiotherapy professionals located on-site with services available not only to performance level athletes, but also the general public. The sports medicine practitioners can work with athletes and players to identify potential injury risk and therefore work to prevent injuries from occurring. The centre also boasts renowned sports psychologists, offering a range of individual or group sessions to help athletes enhance performance.Wales Online , Uwic opens centre of sporting excellence
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External links

Cardiff Met National Indoor Athletics Centre website
{{Sport in Cardiff Sports venues in Cardiff Athletics (track and field) venues in Wales

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