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Qatar Olympic Team at Beijing 2008 Olympics
From Daylife : Qatar's Olympic team follow their national flag-bearer Nasser Saleh al-Attiya during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium August 8, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest.
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jauntie said
Team Qatar - Olympics ...A little while ago I received an e-mail from my sister, who came from England to visit us in Qatar, for about 3 weeks, in February this year. I was delighted to see her good memories of Qatar and it's people are still with her.
She said:
"OLYMPIC GAMES
Just a quickie to say I am watching the opening ceremony on TV and the team from Qatar filed by, looking incredibly handsome in full Arab regalia. I felt as though they were my home country and had a surprisingly warm feeling for them. Isn't that nice?
M"
I believe she considers herself to be something of a psychic, so let's hope her 'warm feeling' bodes well for the Qatar Team!
Vegas said
I will be rooting for them...Along with USA and Philipines...:) ...You can't teach experience
heero_yuy2 said
Not British, vegas? ...LOL
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Vegas said
Uh..No.I think they consider me a Yank.Hence the name Vegas LOL ...You can't teach experience
greentea said
i cheered when Qatar came ...i cheered when Qatar came in... as if it's my home country, im not Qatari but im proud when i saw the Qatar team... Maybe it's becoz i somehow belong?...whatever... Go Qatar! Go Philippines!
Diesel1210 said
No wonder Qatar is not ready for Olympics... ...Just as Qatar team came along, i noticed no damn Qatari Women in the team or at least a symbolic representation!!!
For Saudi its fine, for kuwait its fine, but for Qatar who was pretending to host the Olympic Games it is simply a shame, Iran, sudan, pakistan, libya, algeria, oman, UAE, Bahrain, Irak, just to name a few had all women in their teams. Qatar as I recall was amongst 3 countries who did not have women in their team.
Were Qatar thinking of holding an all men olympics..?
Greeker said
Diesel ...It would be nice if you got your facts right. No Qatari female had QUALIFIED. And hence, there were no female athletes or officials. But give them a little time, they are on their way.
Attempts are going on in different sports to include females for the first time. Believe me, things are moving and it will happen in time for the next Olympics in London in 2012.
Two ladies teams i am confident will grow much in the future is athletics and shooting. And maybe even equestrianism. But please, do NOT generalise with that sweeping statement.
Architect.J said
Everytime someone ...Everytime someone generalizes anything with regards to qatar sports and makes an ignorant statement, Greeker comes along and corrects it. Good job, am sure being in ur field u get a lot more on wats happenin in qatar sports than all the ppl in here.
jus a question: Nada zaidan, wat happened to her in terms of olympic qualification?
---Life is Fragile, Handle With Prayer---
goodluck said
all the best ...i think I had the same feeling as:
Just a quickie to say I am watching the opening ceremony on TV and the team from Qatar filed by, looking incredibly handsome in full Arab regalia. I felt as though they were my home country and had a surprisingly warm feeling for them. Isn't that nice?
M"
they r really handsome
Diesel1210 said
Face it ...Geeker, i'm sure there is a potential women athletes in Qatar, but the fact is, from what I saw, and another 3 billion people did, that Qatar is misreprenting women in general, and women athletes more specifically, it is just unacceptable for a olympic bidder to do that...
and btw quoting the pennisula :'' The United Arab Emirates were led by Sheikha Maitha Al Maktoum, the first woman to lead a Gulf nation at the Games.''
tallg said
You're missing the point ...You're missing the point Diesel. I'm sure Qatar would have loved to send some of its female athletes to the Olympics, but as Greeker already stated - NONE of them qualified.
You can't just send who you want to the Olympics, they have to reach a certain world standard to qualify.
lovinni said
nice to see the Qatar ...nice to see the Qatar athletes too! and the Prince? with his support...
I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. ~Charles Schulz
Greeker said
Diesel ...yes, i agree that Sheikha Maitha Al Maktoum led the UAE contingent. But once again, i believe that you did not do your research properly.
She led the contingent because she QUALIFIED For the Olympic games in taekwondo. She is a karate and taekwondo player and she had won a silver medal in karatae at the 2006 Doha asian Games.
so you see, it is the athletes who have qualified who generally lead the contingents. None of the Qataris had qualified, so none were on the contingent. I really dont think Qatar was trying to act chauvinistic with their contingent in beijing.
you
yaghazali said
missed it! ...I'm in the Philippines right now and was very disappointed with the local coverage of the opening ceremony. Every few minutes they would cut to long commercial breaks, obviously because they were just waiting for Team Philippines to come out!
So I wasn't able to see many of the teams, including Qatar. Does anyone know where I can find more pictures of the Qatari team at the opening ceremony?