(BEIJING, March 14) -- Accompanied by staff of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), Mr. Johan Lindstrom, technical delegate of the International Cycling Union (UCI) paid an on-site tour of the Olympic BMX venue at Laoshan in west Beijing.

Receiving updates on the construction progress of the project, he took a measurement of key positions and asked the constructor to specify the details of the venue. He selected two soil samples from the six varieties the constructor had provided.

"The samples I chose are good in terms of viscosity and color and I will take them back to Switzerland for research, with the final choice expected to be defined very soon," he said.

Construction of the 1.98 hectare Laoshan BMX venue started at the end of last year. When completed, it will have a floor space of 3,399 square meters and 3,396 seats. Currently, earthworks have completed and the project is expected to be inaugurated on June 30 this year.

Site inspection

Cycling track begins to take shape