Bandai-Atami Sports Park Koriyama Skating Rink

The Bandai-Atami Sports Park Koriyama Skating Rink (磐梯熱海スポーツパーク郡山スケート場, Bandai Atami supōtsupāku Kōriyama sukēto-jō) is an open-air ice rink in the city of Kōriyama in Fukushima prefecture in Japan. It was opened in 1993 for the National Sports Festival of Japan (Kokutai) in Fukushima in 1995.[1] It is located at 340 meters above sea level. The track serves as a roller-skating rink during the summer.

Bandai-Atami Sports Park Koriyama Skating Rink
Bandai-Atami Sports Park Koriyama Skating Rink is located in Japan
Bandai-Atami Sports Park Koriyama Skating Rink
Bandai-Atami Sports Park Koriyama Skating Rink
Location within Japan
Address〒963-1302, 2-7 Minami-Dorobusawa, Takatama, Atami-machi, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture (〒963-1302 福島県郡山市熱海町高玉南泥布沢2−7)
LocationKoriyama City
Coordinates37°29′11″N 140°16′38″E / 37.48639°N 140.27722°E / 37.48639; 140.27722
TypeIce Skating Rink
Capacity1.115
Field size400 m
Surface39,000 m2
Opened1993

Every year the so-called Tsururinko festival takes place on the first Sunday of December, with the main attraction being a tug-of-war on skates.[2]

Track records

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These are the current track records at the Koriyama Skating Rink.

Men
Distance Time Skater Date
500 m 36.98   Takaaki Matsuo 21.12.2008
1000 m 1:15.55   Shane Williamson 22.12.2012
1500 m 1:59.07   Shane Williamson 23.12.2012
3000 m 4:16.94   Yuuto Takaishi 24.12.2012
5000 m 6:55.66   Norimasa Zaike 21.12.2008
10000 m 15:10.80   Seitaro Otouge 07.12.2002
2 x 500 m 77,040   Wataru Morishige 23.12.2016
Women
Distance Time Skater Date
500 m 42.82   Ayane Kida 24.12.2016
1000 m 1:25.25   Miki Fujimori 23.12.2016
1500 m 2:12.96   Ayaka Mizusawa 09.02.2013
3000 m 4:39.25   Anna Suzuki 25.12.2016
5000 m 8:16.58   Daigo Watanabe 24.12.2016
2 x 500 m 86,690   Rena Akita 23.12.2016

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