The Palace of Water Sports (; ) is an indoor aquatics centre in

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, Russia which was built for the 2013 Summer Universiade. Located on the banks of the Kazanka River, the competitions in

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took place here. It later hosted the diving events for the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. As of 2018, the facility was utilized by approximately 3,000 children per day. The temporary open arena for water polo with a spectator capacity of 3,500 was built nearby, using its service and support systems.

Construction

The Aquatic Sports Palace was built between September 2009 and October 2012. With an investment of $115 million (€90 million approximately), the design and construction was awarded by tender to a consortium of British and Russian firms specializing in architecture and engineering: SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov, an architectural and design studio based in Moscow with experience in Russia and Germany,

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, a British company designers of the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing and PSO Kazan ООО, a Russian design and construction company established in the Republic of Tatarstan. Taking into account the venue's proximity to the Kazanka River, the building's exterior and footprint were designed to resemble a wave traveling towards the river.Berg, Aimee (8 September 2018)
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Technical features

The capacity of the venue is for 3,715 spectators, including press booths and seats in the VIP area with special folding stands for athletes, which can increase capacity to 4,185 people. It is equipped with trampolines and a platform. The building consists of three pools: *Diving – 33.3×25 m pool (allowable operating depth is 5.5 m) *Synchronized swimming – 50×25 m (maximum operating depth is 3.0 m) *Training – 50×25 m (practicing pool depth is 2.2 m) The three pools are situated end-to-end, making the Palace one of the world's longest swimming venues with 187 metres of uninterrupted pool deck length.

Notable events

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Event transplantations

Following the

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, a number of events were transplanted from the Palace of Water Sports to other recipients, including one leg of the 2022 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series that was to be the first hosted in conjunction with a

at one locality, the 2022 World Junior Swimming Championships, and the 2022 World Short Course Championships."Press Release , Decisions on the FINA international events calendar"
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''. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022."PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
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''. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.

References

External links

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Kazan Aquatics Centre
on Ove Arup website.
Aquatics Palace
on the site of the Volga Region's State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism.

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