Video: Why Al-Azemi Was Disqualified From The Olympics

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I know the Olympics are over but I just found a video that shows the actual race in which Kuwaiti Runner Mohammad Al-Azemi was disqualified. It was round 1 of the men’s 800m.

The Olympics committee disqualified Kuwaiti runner Mohammad Al-Azemi (black shorts & blue t-shirt) from the 800m race for “obstruction” of Polish runner Marcin Lewandowski (red shorts & white t-shirt).

Both runners finished the race. Al-Azemi came 3rd and qualified for the semi-finals. He was later surprised with his disqualification decision.

And even though the Polish runner finished the race last, he was put through to the semi-finals instead of Al-Azemi. “He was pushed by Al-Azemi and lost his pace” a statement said.

I kept rewinding the video over and over to see where the action happened. It seems like it did just 1 second before the video starts. You can see something isn’t normal in 00:01, the Polish runner immediately starts slowing down afterwards. That was definitely not a push though. Al-Azemi did a great job. Tough luck.

Shaikh Subah Receives Al-Deehani At Al-Seif Palace

Aww. Cute!

Via Al-Seyasah

Kuwait Won A Bronze Medal!

Fehaid Al-Deehani has just won his second bronze medal and Kuwait’s second Olympic medal ever. Congrats Fehaid and Kuwait!

See all the results for Shooting/Men’s Trap here

Kuwaiti Athletes At The Olympics: Results

Unfortunately non of the Kuwaiti athletes brought home any medals so far. But there are still 4 chances until 7 Aug so let’s stay optimistic.

The most who I’m personally counting on would be Fehaid Al-Deehani. He has been doing really well so far. Ranking 4th in Shooting/Men’s Double Trap, only one rank away from a bronze. He still competes today at day 2 of the qualifications for Shooting/Men’s Trap scoring 74 so far, with the highest score being 75 and belonging to an Australian athlete. I hope he keeps up the great work until the finals!

UPDATE: Fehaid has ranked 2nd in the qualifications and made it to the finals won Bronze!

It’s also worthy of mentioning that Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiya won bronze in Shooting/Men’s Skeet. Congrats!

The empty cells are obviously for upcoming games, will fill them up once the results are out. You can check on the athletes yourself here

Photos: Team Kuwait At The Olympics Opening Ceremony

Fehaid Al-Deehani carrying the Kuwaiti flag.

Shaikh Ahmad Al-Fahad cheering for team Kuwait.

 

And Faye Sultan (photo is by Omarker)

Where To Watch London Olympics Online (Live) For Free

I finally found three free websites that will  live stream the Olympic events once they start:

1. Al-Jazeera Sport

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2. The official London Olympics website

Obviously.. just didn’t know it before 😛
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3. Official Olympic YouTube Channel by the IOC