the Olympic Games

We on QL talk so much about Qatar's Olympic aspirations and get polarized about the chances based on - How we feel. This is not going to help any cause. Let's get together and analyse where Qatar Stands vis-a-vis others and try and recommend something fruitful to the authorities. There are a lot of technicalities in the bid preparation process and the criteria that are set out for finalizing the host.

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"I have to keep working on my British accent," laughed Germaine Mason when I met up with him recently. His best Queen's English was heavily disguised in a thick Jamaican accent!

On 19 August last year, 25-year-old high-jumper Mason made a first time clearance of 2.34m to equal his personal best and grab an Olympic silver medal.

He stood proudly on the podium as the simulated wind in the flagpoles fluttered the red, white and blue of the union jack. Team GB cheered and Jamaica cheered too.

Born in Jamaica in 1983 to a British father, Mason switched allegiance to Great Britain in 2006. He wasn't the first athlete to switch vests in sport and will definitely not be the last.