Cardiff International White Water
White water sports venue in Cardiff, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cardiff International White Water (Welsh: Dŵr Gwyn Rhyngwladol Caerdydd) is an Olympic standard white water rafting centre based at the Cardiff International Sports Village in Cardiff Bay.
Dŵr Gwyn Rhyngwladol Caerdydd | |
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Locale | Cardiff Bay, Cardiff |
Coordinates | 51.448°N 3.183°W / 51.448; -3.183 |
Road access | A4232 and A4050 |
Managing agent | Cardiff Harbour Authority |
Main shape | Loop |
Adjustable | Yes |
Water source | River Ely |
Pumped | Yes |
Practice pool | Yes |
Surf wave | Yes |
Construction | 2008-2010 |
Opening date | 26 March 2010 |
Stats | |
Loops | 1 ½ |
Length | 258 metres (846 ft) |
Drop | 3.9 metres (13 ft) |
Slope | 1.5% (80 ft/mi) |
Flowrate | Slalom: 10 m3/s (350 cu ft/s) Recreation: 4–10 m3/s (140–350 cu ft/s) |
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The centre opened on 26 March 2010,[1] after taking two years to build the £13.3m venue, which is the first on-demand white water centre in the UK. The facility was designed by the French company, HydroStadium, who designed similar courses for the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympics[2]
The centre offers on-demand white water rafting and canoeing and a flat-water pond for warm-up and initial training. Off-site activities include gorge walking and surfing.[3]