The Yamuna Sports Complex is a sports complex located in
New Delhi
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,
India
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. Inaugurated in 1999, it has wide spectrum of sporting facilities. It is owned by the
Delhi Development Authority. It was one of the multiple venues for the
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...
Overview
The table tennis venue has a capacity of 4,297. It has two show court tables, eight match tables and 10 warm-up tables . The total area of the plot is 26,0000 square metres. Basement area is 26,000 square metres and the total plinth area is 43,765 square metres. It has wooden flooring in match courts and show courts. It has car parking facilities for 504 cars.
The archery venue has a capacity of 1,500. The total area of the plot is 40,000 square metres. It has car parking facilities for 500 cars. It is located near the posh locality of Yojana Vihar, near
Vivek Vihar and
Shahdara localities.
The nearest metro station to the sports complex is
Karkardooma Metro station with a distance of about 2 km. Yamuna sports complex has state of the art Gymnasium facilities, clay & synthetic tennis courts and cricket ground. It also has astroturf hockey ground facility.
A large stone sculpture "Aiming For Excellence" by noted sculptor,
Amarnath Sehgal, was installed at the complex in January 2002.
It was the venue for
Archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
The archery competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Yamuna Sports Complex between 4 and 10 October. This was the second games appearance of the optional Commonwealth Games sport, almost thirty years after its debut at the 19 ...
as well as
Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Bowls, Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the J.N. Sports Complex. The events were held from 4 to 13 October 2010.
Events
Men
Women
Medal table
Participating nations
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See also
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2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...
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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi
References
External links
Sports Complex at
wikimapia
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Yamuna Sports Complex, webpageat
Delhi Development Authority
2010 Commonwealth Games venues
Sports venues in Delhi
Indoor arenas in India
East Delhi district
Table tennis in India
Table tennis venues
Sports venues completed in 1999
Archery venues
Bowls in India
Swimming venues in India
1999 establishments in Delhi
Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games
Archery at the Commonwealth Games
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