Feel the rush of Olympic spirit. Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park welcomes you. This isn’t just any park. It’s a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Imagine the roar of the crowd. Picture the sleek lines of canoes and kayaks slicing through the water.
Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park hosted the rowing canoeing and 10 km open-water swimming events. It’s located in Mapo Village Shunyi District. The park opened in August 2007 a year before the Olympics. It was a proving ground for world-class athletes. The World Junior Rowing Championships were held here. So were the China Open Canoe Kayak Slalom and China Canoe Kayak Flatwater Open. These were part of the Good Luck Beijing series. The 10 km marathon swimming Olympic qualification event also took place here in June 2008.
This is more than a place for competition. Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park boasts a stadium. It can seat up to 37000 people. 1200 of those are permanent seats. The rest are temporary. There’s even 10000 standing-room-only spots. But did you know this is the only first-class rowing-canoeing venue in the world? It has both flatwater and slalom courses.
The scale is breathtaking. The water surface covers 6.35 million square meters. The green space is even bigger at 5.8 million square meters. Over 82 percent of the area is green. Combine that with the surrounding forestry and you have a natural oxygen bar. After the Olympics the venue transformed. It became a world-class resort. It is the largest of its kind in northeastern Beijing. This offers swimming and recreation to all.
Come explore this remarkable place. Feel the history. Enjoy the beauty. Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park awaits.