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The first phase of the raising of the roof's traction ring is finished

General view of the Wanda Metropolitano with one of the two traction ring ascending over the playing field. / PHOTO: Alexander Marín.
The steel cables connect the lower compression ring (white structure in the foreground) with the upper traction ring that will be over the pitch. / PHOTO: Alexander Marín.
The red jacks tense the steel cables that raise over the Wanda Metropolitano. / PHOTO: Alexander Marín.
The floating piles (the hanging white bars seen in the foreground) will connect the upper traction ring with the lower one. / PHOTO: Alexander Marín.
Workers working at heights to secure all the processes of the tensing process. / PHOTO: Alexander Marín.
While one of the traction rings raises, work is began on the raising of the one on the stands. / PHOTO: Alexander Marín.
The upper traction ring of the Wanda Metropolitano, during the raising process. / PHOTO: Alexander Marín.
The workers follow the theoretical model of the prestigious consulting company Schlaich Bergermann Partner for the tensing. / PHOTO: Alexander Marín.

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