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30m-yuan canoe slalom facility wasted in Nanjing
By Li Qian |
November 25, 2011, Friday
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THE canoe slalom course built at a cost of 30 million yuan (US$4.71million) for the 10th National Games in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province has been left idle for four years.
The world-class course inside the city's Baima Park has dried up, covered with silt and green algae, but game barriers are still in place, the local Yangtze Evening News reported today.
The park's manager surnamed Ren said local citizens were invited to have a thrilling experience of the canoe slalom sport within two years after the event was held in 2005, but lack of users afterwards forced the park to close it, the report said.
Even on a good day, the venue had only four canoes rowing in the whitewater course. The income just could not cover the cost of electricity, maintenance, and staff salaries. "We can't afford it," Ren said.
Another park employee surnamed Sun blamed the demise of the facility on the Nanjing Sports Bureau which is the actual owner of the canoe slalom course. "We just provided a piece of land for the facility," Sun said.
The venue might be used again for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Ren said.
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2011-11-25/033623521690.shtml
The world-class course inside the city's Baima Park has dried up, covered with silt and green algae, but game barriers are still in place, the local Yangtze Evening News reported today.
The park's manager surnamed Ren said local citizens were invited to have a thrilling experience of the canoe slalom sport within two years after the event was held in 2005, but lack of users afterwards forced the park to close it, the report said.
Even on a good day, the venue had only four canoes rowing in the whitewater course. The income just could not cover the cost of electricity, maintenance, and staff salaries. "We can't afford it," Ren said.
Another park employee surnamed Sun blamed the demise of the facility on the Nanjing Sports Bureau which is the actual owner of the canoe slalom course. "We just provided a piece of land for the facility," Sun said.
The venue might be used again for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Ren said.
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2011-11-25/033623521690.shtml
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