2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 6 March and 9 March 2008 in the M-Wave, Nagano, Nagano.
M-Wave (Nagano)
Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena , or M-Wave , is a covered speed skating oval in the city of Nagano, Japan. M-Wave, which opened in November, 1996, was constructed for the speed skating events at the 1998 Winter Olympics. It was Japan's first International Skating Union (ISU) standard indoor 400m double-track, and only second indoor track speed skating in Japan. The other, Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, is located in Obihiro, Hokkaido.
M-Wave, inside
The statute of Elan, outside M-Wave, by the Swiss artist Nag Arnoldi, presented as a gift to Nagano by the IOC.
M-Wave north exterior in winter
M-Wave south exterior in summer