QOSM to Host Exhibition on Qatar at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

QOSM to Host Exhibition on Qatar at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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By QLNews

The 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum (QOSM) will participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by organizing a special exhibition showcasing Qatar's rich Olympic history. Running from July 30 to August 25, the exhibition will feature numerous valuable artifacts, continuing even after the Olympic Games conclude and ending shortly before the Paralympic Games begin on August 28.

Regarding Qatar’s participation as part of the Olympic Museums Network (OMN), an International Olympic Committee affiliate, Director of QOSM Abdulla Al Mulla told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that all preparations are set for holding the exhibition on the margin of the Olympic Games, indicating that the Museum possesses over 19,000 artifacts, with some rare and valuable pieces reflecting past Olympic achievements, to be showcased in the exhibition, including Qatar’s first-ever participation in the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, in addition to displaying 3,000 items borrowed from international Olympic museums, to highlight QOSM’s debut at the Olympics.  

Al Mulla also revealed that the exhibition will feature the launch of a book written by the founder of the Olympic Movement Baron Pierre de Coubertin, translated from French and English into Arabic, to be presented in collaboration with the Qatar Olympic Committee and the Qatar Olympic Academy.

He added that the launch of this book constitutes a significant addition to the International Olympic Committee’s library, as well as Arab and global libraries, given its comprehensive coverage of Olympic history and legacy.  

The book will be launched in a Qatar Olympic Committee-organized reception to take place on August 1st, attended by elite officials from the International Olympic Committee and HE President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, head of the State of Qatar’s delegation participating in the Olympics, Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani.

Moreover, Al Mulla noted the comprehensive nature of the team responsible for organizing the exhibition in a manner befitting the significance of the event, along with a team of guides tasked with explaining the Museum’s exhibits to visitors. The Director of QOSM added that among the notable exhibits are Muhammad Ali’s first championship gloves from the 1960 Rome Olympics, along with the gold medal won by Qatari champion Mutaz Barshim in the high jump at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Qatar’s first gold medal in athletics.

Al Mulla said that the point of the exhibition will be to leave visitors impressed by their experience of QOSM, adding that Qatar enjoys a rich record of participation in international sporting events, is committed to developing robust infrastructure, stadiums, and facilities, and has a prestigious record of hosting various global sporting events, most notably the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which earned it the trust of FIFA and the global sports community.

Al Mulla said that Qatar’s partaking in this exhibition is an embodiment of the slogan that says that the Olympics are a mere dream, highlighting Qatar’s rich record and contributions to the Olympic movement.

 

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