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Snow Ruyi National Ski Jumping Centre:

Hill Size:	HS 140
K-Point:	125 m
Total height:	136.2 m

K-Point:	95 m
Total height:	114.7 m

Further jumps:	no
Spectator capacity:	10,000
Year of construction:	2019
Status:	under construction

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History:

During the 128th IOC session at Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2015 the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in 2022 were awarded to Beijing. For the very first time a city will become host of both Summer and Winter Olympic Games (in 2008 and 2022, respectively). The master plan of the organizing committee planned to stage the snow sports competitions in the region of Zhangjiakou city, which is located in Heibei province around 180 km north-east of Beijing. With an altitude of more than 1500 meters, Zhangjiakou is already now a winter sports destination with a number of ski ressorts. Nevertheless, for the Winter Games almost all sports venues have to be built from scratch.
The Nordic Winter Sports Centre will be constructed near Guyangshu village, including a ski jumping facility. The costs of the Olympic ski jumping hills only were originally estimated at more than 60 million US dollars. The architectural design of the ski jumps is resembling a Ruyi scepter, a Chinese talisman, which is why the facility is being called "Snow Ruyi". At the jump head there will be a 40 meter high, circular viewing platform with a diameter of 80 meters that will include a panoramic restaurant.
Construction phase of the ski jumping venue started in 2017 and was supposed to be completed already in 2019. However, due to the unconventional location of the ski jumping hill in a well inbetween two hills the ellaborate works will likely only be completed in 2020, just ahead of the Olympic test events. After the Games they shall serve as a national training centre, potentially also including to be built junior hills.

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