2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 March and 15 March 2009 in the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC, Canada.
Richmond Olympic Oval (Richmond)
The Richmond Olympic Oval is an indoor multi-sports arena in the Canadian city of Richmond, British Columbia. The oval was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was originally configured with a speed skating rink. The venue has since been reconfigured and now serves as a community multi-sport park and includes two ice hockey rinks, two running tracks, a climbing wall, a rowing tank and a flexible area which can be used for, among other sports, basketball, volleyball, indoor soccer and table tennis.
The Olympic Oval with Water Sky Garden sculpture by Janet Echelman
Interior of the Richmond Olympic Oval during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics
Construction on 28 June 2007
The oval during the 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships