Capital Indoor Stadium Capital Indoor Stadium The Capital Indoor Stadium () is an indoor arena in 56 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, China that was built in 1968. It hosted matches between national table tennis teams of China and the United States in 1971; these matches were part of the exchange program known as "ping pong diplomacy". It has a capacity of 17,345 and a floor space of 54,707 square meters expanded from the old 53,000. It was renovated in 2001 to become a venue for the 2001 Summer Universiade. The stadium hosted one of the first NBA games in China, hosted on October
Birds Nest (horse) Hurdle. Throughout his career, he was known for being a difficult and temperamental horse, with a tendency to veer left when under pressure. Birds Nest was rated at 176 by Timeform in the seasons 1975/6 and 1976/7. At the time of his retirement he was the joint-third highest rated hurdler in the organisation's history, after Night Nurse and Monksfield and equal with Golden Cygnet. In their book "A Century of Champions", John Randall and Tony Morris ranked Birds Nest the ninth best British or Irish hurdler of the 20th century. Birds Nest (horse) Birds Nest (1970–1994) was a British-bred thoroughbred