Velodrome Rakyat

The Rakyat Velodrome is a velodrome in the Malaysian city of Ipoh, located about 200 kilometers north of the capital Kuala Lumpur.

The velodrome was built in 1989 on the initiative of Tan Sri Dato ' Seri Darshan Singh Gill, former president of the Malaysian National Cycling Federation Malaysian Cycling Federation ( MNCF ). For this purpose he collected on a private basis over three million ringgit (around 850,000 euros ). The Velodrome Rakyat is open, the 250 meter long train made ​​of hardwood. Until that time, Malayan Railway Cyclists often had to be sent for training abroad.

Since 1988 there is another Velodrome, the Cheras Velodrome in Kuala Lumpur, a 333 -meter-long concrete runway open. However, both cycling tracks no longer meet international standards and need of renovation; Coach gave several times to reporters that they are worried about the safety of the athletes. A hall velodrome is in the capital planning.

On the Velodrome Rakyat numerous international and national track cycling competitions were held, including the UCI B World Championships 1997 UCI Track Cycling World Cup runs of 2000 and 2001 and the railway competitions in the Southeast Asia Games 1989.