Medeo

The speed skating and Bandybahn in medeo (or Medeu, by kas. Медеу ) is located about 16 km from Almaty in Kazakhstan. The up to 2200 meters high mountain peaks surrounded railway is one of the most famous speed skating track in the world. The February 5, In 1951 as a natural ice rink stadium is located at an altitude of 1701 meters and holds 12,000 spectators. Between 1951 and 1971, have been here 64 and set up a further 126 world records after conversion into a skating rink until 1987. The established records often remained outside the knowledge of "western " experts so that they were always viewed with some doubt or not even recognized. The last major race that took place there was the all-around speed skating World Cup in 1988.

In addition to the 400 -meter ice rink still exists a 112 x 40 m large playing field, where the once Bandyteam Dinamo Alma- Ata fought out their home games.

With the award of the Asian Winter Games in 2011 in Almaty various rehabilitation works on the railway were tackled. The tags should be used for the upcoming skating competitions offer the best conditions and put the car back into the international focus. But hopes were not fulfilled. In contrast, the new capital of Kazakhstan, a new ice rink for skating, ice hockey and short track speed skating was in Astana, built in 1997, in the competitions of the Asian Winter Games were held in 2011. In medeo instead, the Games were held in Bandy. The Bandy World Championship 2012 took place in medeo.