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The National Indoor Athletics Centre is an indoor 
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 Wales Online , Uwic opens centre of sporting excellence
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Cardiff Met National Indoor Athletics Centre website
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track and field athletics
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sports venue in the Cyncoed
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area of Cardiff
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, capital of Wales
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. It is sited on the Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Campus and is one of the main facilities used by Welsh Athletics, which organises the Cardiff branch of the Athletics Development Centre at the National Indoor Athletics 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 Carwyn Jones
Carwyn Howell Jones (born 21 March 1967) is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the Member of the S ...
and Wales football manager Gary Speed
Gary Andrew Speed (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting t ...
. 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./ref>
See also
*Sport in Cardiff
Sport in Cardiff is dictated by, amongst other things, its position as the capital city of Wales, meaning that national home sporting fixtures are nearly always played in the city. All of Wales' multi-sports agencies and many of the country's ...
References
External links
Cardiff Met National Indoor Athletics Centre website
{{Sport in Cardiff Sports venues in Cardiff Athletics (track and field) venues in Wales