The CSKA Sports Complex is an
Olympic Village
An Olympic Village is a residential complex built or reassigned for the Olympic Games in or nearby the List of Olympic Games host cities, host city for the purpose of accommodating all of the delegations. Olympic Villages are usually located clos ...
that is part of
CSKA Moscow and was prepared to the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...
. It is located right next to a military air field.
Its athletics fieldhouse hosted the
wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...
competitions while its football fieldhouse hosted the
fencing
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...
and the fencing part of the
modern pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is an Summer Olympics, Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, Laser pistol (sport), laser pistol shooting, and ...
competitions.
List of sports grounds
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CSKA Universal Sports Hall (formerly CSKA Palace of Sports)
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Light-Athletic Football Complex CSKA
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CSKA Ice Palace
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CSKA Swimming Pool
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CSKA Palace of Sports Martial Arts (formerly CSKA Weightlifting Hall)
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CSKA Gymnastics Hall
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CSKA Tennis Hall
List of sports grounds outside complex
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CSKA Equestrian Resort
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CSKA Shooting Range
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Hills of Krylatskoye, sports ski resort (built in 2002)
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Peschanoye Universal Sports Resort (
Grigory Fedotov Stadium)
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Vatutinki Sports Training Resort
References
1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 82–5.
CSKA Moscow website.
Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics
CSKA Moscow
Olympic fencing venues
Olympic modern pentathlon venues
Olympic wrestling venues
Sports venues in Russia
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