The Russian State Evaluation Department has just approved the plan to build a new gymnastics facility at "Round Lake", near the city Zelenograd, about 30 miles in the north of Moscow. The new building will be connected to the current gyms and will house a number of facilities: changing rooms with showers, two exercise gyms, physical therapy rooms, swimming pools, saunas and even medical facilities, including MRI and X-ray equipment. The project will be financed by the federal government. It is not yet clear when the construction will start. While Russian national team already enjoys state-of-art facilities at Round Lake, this upgrade will bring their training center to an entirely new level.
This training center has been in existence since 1953 and was used as a skiing camp run by the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture and Sports. It has been modernised in preparation for the Olympic Games in 1980.
The sports complex is located in a green area near the town of Zelenograd, right next to the picturesque ‘Lake Krugloy,