Philippines’ first Olympic-grade, class 1 stadium for SEA Games
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As the country prepares to host the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, all eyes are on New Clark City and its prized Athletics Stadium, the first and only athletics facility in the Philippines to hold a Class 1 certification from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
The first venue of this scale built in the country since the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in 1927, the 20,000-seater boasts of a nine-lane main track, and indoor and outdoor warm-up tracks equipped with the IAAF-approved Rekortan M sandwich synthetic surface system.
