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The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two swimming pools and a diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Stratford, London, it was one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The centre was used for the swimming, diving and synchronised swimming events. After significant modification the centre opened to the public in March 2014. ==Design== It was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid in 2004 before London won the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The centre was built alongside the Water Polo Arena, and opposite the Olympic Stadium on the opposite bank of the Waterworks River. The site is high, long and wide. The wave-like roof is stated to be , a reduction from the previously stated . The design was inspired by the Dollan Aqua Centre in East Kilbride, Scotland. The complex has a 50m competition pool, a 25m competition diving pool and a 50m warm-up pool. The 50m pool is 3 metres deep, like the one in the Beijing National Aquatics Center, in order to be fast. Its floor can be moved to reduce the depth. There are also moveable booms that allow its size to be changed.〔 The diving pool has platform boards at heights of 3m, 5m, 7.5m and 10m and three 3m springboards.〔 For the television coverage of the Olympics, the pools were also equipped with innovative cameras in order to present the action from multiple angles. Because the centre was designed before the Olympic bid was completed, the spectator wings were not part of the original design. They were later added to fit the estimated audience. Jacques Rogge, IOC President, described the Centre as a "masterpiece". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Aquatics Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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