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has gloss | eng: The Pan Am Pool is an indoor soccer facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada built for the 1967 Pan American Games. It is one of the largest indoor bodies of water in the world. It is located in southwest Winnipeg and consists of three pools, two of them used for competitive swimming, one of which is also used for speed skating and one is a children's "kiddie pool". The main tank is 25 yards (22.9m) wide. The facility also has a track and two weight rooms. The dive tank is part of the main pool and has a depth of sixteen feet (4.9m). It consists of a pair of one-metre springboards, a pair of three-metre springboards, and one each of 3, 5, 7.5 and 10 metre platforms. For swimming competitions the main part of the pool can be adjusted for either long course (50m) or short course (25m) lengths by means of a movable bulkhead. The bulkhead can also be set to 15m for competitions, or 30m for water polo. |
lexicalization | eng: Pan Am Pool |
instance of | (noun) pool that provides a facility for swimming; "`swimming bath' is a British term" swimming bath, natatorium, swimming pool |
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geo loc | geographic location 49.855195 -97.173133 |
media:img | Winnipeg 2006-2007 144.jpg |
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