New venue for Tokyo 2020 unveiled

TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 organisers on Thursday unveiled the $523 million venue for swimming, diving and artistic swi­mming that will seat 15,000 fans for the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year.

Construction is 90 percent complete at the four-storey Aquatics Centre and is due to be finished on schedule by the end of February, officials said. “We are aiming to construct a swimming venue to the world’s highest standards equipped with

the latest facilities,” Tokyo 2020 venue official Daishuu Tone told reporters. The main pool features a movable wall allowing the 50m facility to be converted into two 25m pools. The depth of the bottom can also be adjusted.