Alpensia Sliding Centre
The Alpensia Sliding Centre (알펜시아 슬라이딩 센터) is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track that is located in Daegwallyeong, South Korea.[1] The centre is part of the Alpensia Resort located in the county of Pyeongchang. The venue is the first sliding centre in Korea, and the second in Asia.[2]
알펜시아 슬라이딩 센터 | |
2018 Olympic Sliding Centre | |
![]() View of the track at Alpensia | |
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Location | Daegwallyeong, South Korea |
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Coordinates | 37°39′13″N 128°40′53″E |
Capacity | Total: 7,000 Seated: 1,000 Standing: 6,000 |
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Broke ground | March 4, 2014 |
Construction cost | ₩ 122.8 billion |
Main contractors | Daelim Inc |
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Track Website |
Championships hosted
Track technical details
Construction
The venue was built by Daelim under the responsibility of the Gangwon Province.[3] The construction cost ₩122.8 billion (about US$114.5 million ), to be shared between the country and the regional authorities: National Government 92.1 billion, Local Government 30.7 billion.[4]
The construction of the Alpensia Sliding Centre started in March 2014 and was completed in the final months of 2017.[5]
Characteristics
It occupies a surface of 177,000 square metres (44 acres), and has a range in altitude from 940 m above sea level at the top of the track down to 800 m above sea level at finish line.[6] The track itself is 2,018 m long (to commemorate the Olympics), and is 1.40 m wide.[3][6] The venue can also hold 7,000 attendants, with 1,000 seats and standing room for the remaining 6,000.[1]
2018 Winter Olympics
During coverage of the Games on NBC Sports in the United States, the track was referred to as "The House of Speed" while turns 9-12 were referred to as "Run Breaker" for the fact they slowed down the sleds so much that it costs sliders positions, including medals. The best known example was Germany's Felix Loch who was leading after three runs in the luge men's singles event only to have problems during the final run through "Run Breaker", causing the two-time defending Olympic champion to finish 5th.
Turn 2 was named 'Soju' by sliders, after the local Korean liquor, because "it messes you up."
During the Games, the Turn 9-10-11 sequence was christened the name "The Dragon's Tail". Tweak the Dragon's Tail and you'll pay the price. Other Dragon-based names appeared in the Downhill and Slalom courses, reflecting the importance of the Dragon in Korean mythology.
Turn 14 was named The Olympic Curve - inspired by the PyeongChang 2018 logo, set in the ice.
Track Records
Event | Record | Athlete(s) | Date | Time (s) | Ref | |
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Bobsleigh | Two-man | Start | ![]() |
18 February 2018 | 4.85 | [7] |
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19 February 2018 | 48.96 | [7] | ||
Four-man | Start | ![]() |
25 February 2018 | 4.80 | [8] | |
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24 February 2018 | 48.54 | [8] | ||
Two-woman | Start | ![]() |
20 February 2018 | 5.21 | [9] | |
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21 February 2018 | 50.46 | [9] | ||
Skeleton | Men's | Start | ![]() |
15 February 2018 | 4.59 | [10] |
Track | ![]() |
16 February 2018 | 50.02 | [10] | ||
Women's | Start | ![]() |
17 March 2017 | 4.92 | [11] | |
Track | ![]() |
17 February 2018 | 51.46 | [11] | ||
Luge | Men's Singles | Start | ![]() |
10 February 2018 | 2.545 | [12] |
Track | ![]() |
11 February 2018 | 47.475 | [12] | ||
Women's Singles | Start | ![]() |
12 February 2018 | 4.302 | [13] | |
Track | ![]() |
12 February 2018 | 46.132 | [13] | ||
Men's Doubles | Start | ![]() |
14 February 2018 | 4.174 | [14] | |
Track | ![]() |
14 February 2018 | 45.820 | [14] |
References
- "Olympic Sliding Centre | Venues | PyeongChang 2018 | The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games". 2018-02-10. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- Press. "Preview for the BMW IBSF World Cup: World Cup finale and Olympic rehearsals in PyeongChang". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- "Read - | DAELIM |". 2017-12-08. Archived from the original on 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- The Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Olympic Sliding Center for the Success of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018 Archived 2018-01-27 at the Wayback Machine - SportsFeatures.com - March 10, 2014
- Groundbreaking Ceremony held for PyeongChang 2018 Sliding Centre - International Olympic Committee - March 11, 2014
- "Olympic Sliding Centre : PyeongChang 2018 Venue". 2017-12-09. Archived from the original on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- "2018 Winter Olympics two-man bobsleigh official results" (PDF). IBSF. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "2018 Winter Olympics four-man bobsleigh official results" (PDF). IBSF. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "2018 Winter Olympics two-women bobsleigh official results" (PDF). IBSF. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "2018 Winter Olympics men skeleton official results" (PDF). IBSF. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "2018 Winter Olympics women skeleton official results" (PDF). IBSF. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "2018 Winter Olympics men's single luge official results" (PDF). FIL. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "2018 Winter Olympics women's single luge official results" (PDF). FIL. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "2018 Winter Olympics men's double luge official results" (PDF). FIL. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.