Central Asia's largest sports complex, the China-built Olympic City in Tashkent, has officially opened for athlete training, marking a major milestone in China-Uzbekistan cooperation. Built by China CAMC Engineering, the Olympic City is the first major bilateral project realized since the 2022 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Samarkand summit. Spanning 100 hectares with a construction footprint of 100,000 square meters, the complex houses a stadium, swimming hall, velodrome, multipurpose ball games hall, and a contact sports arena. Daniil Fyodorov, a member of Uzbekistan's national track cycling team with seven years of professional experience, said training in a venue like the new velodrome has long been a personal dream. Svetlana Osipova, member of the Uzbekistan national taekwondo team and silver medalist in the women's over 67-kilogram category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, will be training in the taekwondo hall to prepare for future Olympics. Now she is getting used to the professional mats installed in the hall. The construction of the Olympic City took about two and a half years to complete and received strong support from the Chinese team. A construction project of this scale usually takes four to five years to complete. However, in Uzbekistan, with the technical expertise of Chinese specialists, the project was delivered in a record time of less than three years. As a national key construction project of Uzbekistan, the Olympic City will be open to all residents in the future. Many local residents have expressed their anticipation. They believe that building the Olympic City with Chinese team is of great significance to Uzbekistan. Shotlist: Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Recent: 1. Aerial shots of Olympic City in Tashkent; stadium; swimming hall; facilities; tracks; 2. Various of athletes training; 3. Various of Daniil Fyodorov training; bicycle; 4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Daniil Fyodorov, athlete (starting with shot 3): "This is the first venue in Uzbekistan dedicated to professional cycling. We had two concrete tracks before, but training on them was not as fast as riding on this one."; 5. Various of venue for combat games; facilities; 6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Svetlana Osipova, athlete: "We train right here, soaking up the atmosphere in the grand setting, imagining ourselves standing on the official competition stage."; 7. Various of construction site, workers; 8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Guo Zijie, project manager, Olympic City (starting with shot 7): "This project was designed and constructed according to Chinese standard."; 9. Construction site, workers; 10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Igor, painter (full name not given) (partially overlaid with shot 11/ending with shots 12-13): "The Chinese team performed excellently -- they worked efficiently and delivered high-quality results. A high-standard project like this isn't something I get to be part of often. In the future, I can proudly tell my children that I contributed to this project."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 11. Construction site; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 12. Various of painter working; 13. Aerial shot of playground; 14. Various of spectators stand; 15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Shahrillo Mahmudov, deputy minister of sports of Uzbekistan (starting with shot 14/partially overlaid with shot 16/ending with shot 17): "Chinese projects are the most cost-effective with short construction time and high quality."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 16. Construction site; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 17. Stadium; 18. Various of traffic; 19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) resident (name not given) (starting with shot 18): "This project is truly remarkable because so many of my close friends, relatives, and siblings are involved in sports."; 20. Pedestrian; 21. SOUNDBITE (Russian) resident (name not given): "We sincerely thank China -- not only for building such a large facility with us, but also for sharing construction techniques with our engineers."; 22. Pedestrian; 23. SOUNDBITE (Russian) resident (name not given): "I can say I'm very proud that we can collaborate with China, and that China has chosen to work alongside us. This honor is truly meaningful."; 24. Aerial shots of Olympic City in Tashkent; stadium. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]