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Alau Ice Palace
Location	47, Kabanbay Batyr ave.; Astana, Kazakhstan
Coordinates	51°6′17″N 71°24′18″E / 51.10472°N 71.40500°E
Capacity	8,000
Surface	Ice
Construction
Built	2007–2011
Opened	2011
Architect	VL Architects
General contractor	Sembol Construction
Tenants
	2011 Asian Winter Games; 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships; 2015 World Judo Championships
Website
	www.alau.info

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The Alau Ice Palace (Kazakh: Алау Мұзайдыны сарайы; Alau Mūzaidyny Saraiy) is an 8,000-seat speed skating oval in Astana, Kazakhstan. As well as speed skating it is also used for other sports. It was opened in 2011. The center hosted the speed skating events at the 2011 Asian Winter Games.^[1] In 2015, it hosted the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships.^[2] It was ranked first among the world’s speed skating stadiums according to the Dutch AD Sportwereld publication’s ranking.^[3]

For judo it was the venue for the 2015 World Judo Championships in August 2015 and for ice speedway it hosted final 1 of the 2018 Individual Ice Racing World Championship.^[4]

History

Construction of The Oval began in 2007, nearly four years after Astana and Almaty had been designated hosts of the 2011 Asian Winter Games. Construction was completed by the end of the summer of 2011, officially opening in December 2011, two months before the beginning of the Games. The Alau Ice Palace was designed as the first covered speed skating oval in Kazakhstan, and as the second ever artificially frozen speed skating venue after Medeu. Being domed, this would give the facility the ability to control climate conditions inside to produce the highest quality ice possible.^[5] The Alau is an artificially frozen indoor skating rink with a standard speed skating track of 400 meters to the lap. The radii of the inner and outer competition lanes are 26 and 30 meters respectively. The width of each competition lane is 4 meters with an inside training lane of 4 meters.^[6]

When not hosting speed skating competitions, The Oval is open to public skating and family day events.^[7]^[8]

It has also hosted national youth championships in rink bandy.^[9]

Track records

Men
Event.	Time	Name	Nation	Date	Ref
500 meters	34.52	Dai Dai Ntab	Netherlands	December 3, 2016	^[10]
2 x 500 meters	70.000	Joji Kato	Japan	February 2, 2011	^[10]
1,000 meters	1:08.66	Shani Davis	United States	November 30, 2013	^[10]
1,500 meters	1:45.06	Denis Yuskov	Russia	November 29, 2013	^[10]
3,000 meters	3:39.36	Wouter olde Heuvel	Netherlands	November 26, 2011	^[10]
5,000 meters	6:13.83	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	November 26, 2011	^[10]
10,000 meters	12:50.40	Jorrit Bergsma	Netherlands	December 2, 2012	^[10]
Women
Event	Time	Name	Nation	Date	Ref
500 meters	37.27	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	November 29, 2013	^[10]
2 x 500 meters	76.090	Yu Jing	China	February 2, 2011	^[10]
1,000 meters	1:14.10	Brittany Bowe	United States	February 28, 2015	^[10]
1,500 meters	1:56.10	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	November 26, 2011	^[10]
3,000 meters	4:02.90	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	December 2, 2016	^[10]
5,000 meters	6:59.88	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	November 29, 2013	^[10]

References

^ "About Alau Ice Palace". Alau.info. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^ Dmitry Lee (3 March 2015). "Alau Ice Palace Hosts World Sprint Skating Championship, Kazakh Skaters Fail to Reach Podium". The Astana Times. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ "The best if the world!" (in Russian). Alau.info. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
^ Ice Speedway World Championship to be hosted by Astana
^ ""Alau" – a new forge for records". Alau.info. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
^ "Venue of the Competition". Skating.kz. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
^ "Mass skating". Alau.info. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
^ Moldir Nurazkhan. "Entertainment in Astana". KazakhWorld.com. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
^ "Google Translate".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Speed Skating". Alau Track Records. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

External links

[1] "About Alau Ice Palace". Alau.info. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

[2] Dmitry Lee (3 March 2015). "Alau Ice Palace Hosts World Sprint Skating Championship, Kazakh Skaters Fail to Reach Podium". The Astana Times. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

[3] "The best if the world!" (in Russian). Alau.info. Retrieved November 18, 2013.

[4] Ice Speedway World Championship to be hosted by Astana

[5] ""Alau" – a new forge for records". Alau.info. Retrieved November 18, 2013.

[6] "Venue of the Competition". Skating.kz. Retrieved November 19, 2013.

[7] "Mass skating". Alau.info. Retrieved November 18, 2013.

[8] Moldir Nurazkhan. "Entertainment in Astana". KazakhWorld.com. Retrieved March 16, 2014.

[9] "Google Translate".

[OR2002-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Speed Skating". Alau Track Records. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

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-The '''Alau Ice Palace''' ({{lang-kk|«Алау» мұзайдыны сарайы}}; {{lang-ru|Ледовый дворец «Алау»}}) is an 8,000-seat [[speed skating rink|speed skating oval]] in [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]. Besides of speed skating it is also used for other sports. It was opened in 2011. The center hosted the [[speed skating]] events at the [[2011 Asian Winter Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alau.info/eng/about/|title=About Alau Ice Palace|publisher=Alau.info|accessdate=June 5, 2013}}</ref> In 2015, it hosted the [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The Astana Times|title=Alau Ice Palace Hosts World Sprint Skating Championship, Kazakh Skaters Fail to Reach Podium |author=Dmitry Lee |url=http://www.astanatimes.com/2015/03/alau-ice-palace-hosts-world-sprint-skating-championship-kazakh-skaters-fail-reach-podium/ |date=3 March 2015|accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> It was ranked first among the world’s speed skating stadiums according to the Dutch AD Sportwereld publication’s ranking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alau.info/rus/novosti/main_news/?cid=0&rid=181|title=The best if the world!|publisher=Alau.info|language=ru|accessdate=November 18, 2013}}</ref>
+The '''Alau Ice Palace''' ({{langx|kk|Алау Мұзайдыны сарайы; Alau Mūzaidyny Saraiy}}) is an 8,000-seat [[speed skating rink|speed skating oval]] in [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]. As well as speed skating it is also used for other sports. It was opened in 2011. The center hosted the [[speed skating]] events at the [[2011 Asian Winter Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alau.info/eng/about/|title=About Alau Ice Palace|publisher=Alau.info|accessdate=June 5, 2013}}</ref> In 2015, it hosted the [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The Astana Times|title=Alau Ice Palace Hosts World Sprint Skating Championship, Kazakh Skaters Fail to Reach Podium |author=Dmitry Lee |url=http://www.astanatimes.com/2015/03/alau-ice-palace-hosts-world-sprint-skating-championship-kazakh-skaters-fail-reach-podium/ |date=3 March 2015|accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> It was ranked first among the world’s speed skating stadiums according to the Dutch AD Sportwereld publication’s ranking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alau.info/rus/novosti/main_news/?cid=0&rid=181|title=The best if the world!|publisher=Alau.info|language=ru|accessdate=November 18, 2013}}</ref>
-For [[judo]] it was the venue for the [[2015 World Judo Championships]] in August 2015.
+For [[judo]] it was the venue for the [[2015 World Judo Championships]] in August 2015 and for [[ice speedway]] it hosted final 1 of the [[2018 Individual Ice Racing World Championship]].<ref>[http://www.inform.kz/en/ice-speedway-world-championship-to-be-hosted-by-astana_a3117833 Ice Speedway World Championship to be hosted by Astana]</ref>
 ==History==
-Construction of The Oval began in 2007, nearly four years after [[Astana]] and [[Almaty]] had been designated host of the [[2011 Asian Winter Games]]. Construction was completed by the end of the summer of 2011, officially opening in December 2011, two months before the beginning of the Games.
+Construction of The Oval began in 2007, nearly four years after [[Astana]] and [[Almaty]] had been designated hosts of the [[2011 Asian Winter Games]]. Construction was completed by the end of the summer of 2011, officially opening in December 2011, two months before the beginning of the Games.
-The Alau Ice Palace was designed as the first covered speed skating oval in Kazakhstan, and as the second ever speed skating venue after [[Medeo]]. Being domed, this would give the facility the ability to control climate conditions inside to produce the highest quality ice possible.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.alau.info/eng/about/history/|title="Alau" – a new forge for records|publisher=Alau.info|accessdate=November 18, 2013}}</ref>
+The Alau Ice Palace was designed as the first covered speed skating oval in Kazakhstan, and as the second ever artificially frozen speed skating venue after [[Medeu]]. Being domed, this would give the facility the ability to control climate conditions inside to produce the highest quality ice possible.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.alau.info/eng/about/history/|title="Alau" – a new forge for records|publisher=Alau.info|accessdate=November 18, 2013}}</ref>
 The Alau is an [[Ice rink#Artificial ice|artificially frozen]] indoor skating rink with a standard speed skating track of 400 meters to the lap. The radii of the inner and outer competition lanes are 26 and 30 meters respectively. The width of each competition lane is 4 meters with an inside training lane of 4 meters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skating.kz/eng/WC/?cid=0&rid=135|title=Venue of the Competition|publisher=Skating.kz|accessdate=November 19, 2013}}</ref>
 When not hosting speed skating competitions, The Oval is open to public skating and family day events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alau.info/eng/alau_for_all/lubitelyam/massovye_kataniya/|title=Mass skating|publisher=Alau.info|accessdate=November 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kazakhworld.com/entertainment-in-astana/|title=Entertainment in Astana|publisher=KazakhWorld.com|author=Moldir Nurazkhan|accessdate=March 16, 2014}}</ref>
+It has also hosted national youth championships in [[rink bandy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.inform.kz/ru/v-astane-startoval-chempionat-kazahstana-po-hokkeyu-s-myachom_a2766390|title = Google Translate}}</ref>
 ==Track records==
-[[File:Alau Ice Palace 2013-11-29.JPG|260px|thumb|right|Alau Ice Palace during the [[2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup]] competitions.]]
-[[File:Alau Ice Palace, 2012.jpg|260px|thumb|right|]]
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 ! colspan="6" style="background-color: lightblue;" | Men
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 ==References==
-{{reflist|2}}
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
-{{Commons category|Alau Ice Palace}}
 *[http://www.alau.info/eng/index.php Official website]
 *[http://www.speedskatingnews.info/?page_id=826&bahn=KZAH Alau Ice Palace on SpeedSkatingNews.info]
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 [[Category:Indoor arenas in Kazakhstan]]
 [[Category:Indoor speed skating venues]]
-[[Category:Speed skating venues in Kazakhstan]]
+[[Category:Speed skating in Kazakhstan]]
 [[Category:Sports venues in Astana]]
+[[Category:Venues of the 2011 Asian Winter Games]]