After its use in the London Olympics in 2012, it has been decided to go once again for artificial turf fields for some sports, such as field hockey competitions.
The Rio Olympic Hockey Center will have 2 artificial turf fields where field Field hockey competitions will be held.
The decision was made because in 2012, during the London Olympic Games, artificial turf was also used for this same sport and the reception of the athletes and the results were excellent.
The Rio Olympic fields that will use artificial turf will be 2 playing areas and a warm-up area in Deodoro, a neighbourhood where several Olympic competitions will be played.
Due to the characteristics of the artificial sports grass, these field field hockey pitches will provide a more consistent and professional playing area, able to be used to the maximum regardless of the weather conditions.
In addition, its different layers and surface system are designed so that the duration and length of the shots taken will be longer.
Although it may not seem much, out of the 32 Olympic venues there are already 3 fields made with artificial turf, a considerable number since not all sports use grass as a competition surface.
But this helps us to see how artificial turf is not only an alternative that requires less maintenance than natural grass, but also a material that sports professionals trust.
More and more elite athletes prefer artificial turf
Currently the number of elite athletes reluctant to play sports on artificial turf fields is decreasing, this is mainly due to the great advances that are made year after year.
Because the most important thing about artificial turf is no longer only its visual similarity to natural grass, but that the characteristics of both texture and feel on the ground are as faithful to natural grass as possible.
The sports that most rely on artificial turf when installing a sports field are soccer, tennis, padel and golf, although it is very common to see them still have little visibility in the professional scene.
Starting with grass field hockey, we are sure that more and more sports will use artificial turf as an official field of play, because an artificial turf sports field maintains all its qualities regardless of weather problems and even manages to eliminate the irregularities of conventional turf.
Not to mention the advances in safety that have been made in the latest generation of turf, which has managed to eliminate abrasions caused by falls.
And now that the Rio Olympic Games have begun, the only thing left for us to do is to enjoy all our favourite sports and discover new ones to enjoy, because there are 306 events in 28 different sports that we can watch from the opening of the games on August 5 to the closing set for August 21.
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