YEAR 2 INQUIRY - Term 4
The State Sports Centre
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The State Sports Centre was one of the venues of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, held in Sydney. It hosted the table tennis and taekwondo events. With a total of 3,854 fixed and retractable seats the main arena is a focal point of the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. An additional 1,152 portable seats can be accommodated on the floor level to bring seated capacity to 5,006.
At the Sydney Olympics Australia won its first medal in Taekwondo. Lauren Burns won the Gold medal in the lightweight Taekwondo, Cuba won Silver and Taipei won Bronze. In the Men’s event Greece won Gold, Spain won Silver and Taipei won Bronze.
In the State Sports Centre is The Hall of Champions. It is a museum and sporting hall of fame and gives visitors a glimpse into Australia’s rich sporting history. Established in 1979, medals, plaques, trophies, sashes and Olympic memorabilia highlighting achievements of more than 346 athletes in 51 sports are displayed.