Last week construction of the Peking University Gymnasium was
completed. The gym will host the 2008 Olympic table tennis
matches.
The gym is located inside Peking University in Beijing's
northwest sector. The facility consists of a table tennis gym and
an enclosed swimming pool. Set on the first floor, the table tennis
gym is spacious enough to put eight table tennis tables side by
side with 7,557 fixed and movable seats for the audience.
From December 12-19, the "Good Luck Beijing" ITTF Pro Grand
Finals will be held in the newly built gym. Next year the
preliminary and final table tennis contests for the Beijing Olympic
and Para Olympic Games will be held here.
After the Olympic Games, the Peking University Gym will be
transformed into a multi-functional gym equipped to house sports
matches including table tennis, handball, basketball, badminton,
volleyball, indoor football and gymnastics, as well as professional
sports training, physical education, rallies and performances for
other forms of recreation.
(China.org.cn December 3, 2007)
