In response to various speculations about the “floor removal” of Urumqi Olympic Sports Center on the Internet recently, on February 23, the reporter made a special trip to the basketball Park of Urumqi Olympic Sports Center and saw that the staff were installing a new floor for the basketball court.
The third stage of the CBA2022-2023 season will start on March 1. Urumqi Olympic Sports Center will play against Beijing as the home court of Xinjiang Yili King wine team for the first time.
As a national fitness Stadium, Urumqi Olympic Sports Center basketball Park has been using the 3 × 3 inleo SES sports floor (composite polymer thermoplastic elastomer material) designated by the International Basketball Federation, the CBA league has very strict requirements on the competition floor, so they replaced the new floor according to the specifications.
On February 13-15, the Xinjiang Yili King wine team conducted adaptive training in the Olympic Sports Center basketball Park. According to the feedback from the players and the requirements of CBA company, the new floor used in the new home court has chromatic aberration, with the problem of uneven rebound, the Olympic Sports Center immediately started to replace the second standard floor, which is currently in progress.
Peng Bo, deputy secretary of the Party committee of Xinjiang Branch of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd., chairman of Labor Union and executive deputy general manager of Urumqi Olympic Sports Center, said: “Urumqi Olympic Sports Center is the first time to undertake CBA events and does not have much experience. During the training process, athletes found that the new floor had problems such as basketball rebound uniformity and floor color difference, which was still far from the requirements of CBA. Therefore, we immediately decided to disassemble and replace the floor. We will use the competition floor designated by CBA in strict accordance with the requirements of CBA company. This floor is a safe, environmentally friendly, non-slip and professional sports floor, the replacement of the new floor is expected to be completed around February 26.”
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(Text/Xinjiang Daily reporter Zhang Xinjun Cai Xiaolu)