An English collector is offering the “ARA8S” license plate for sale with an asking price of at least US $400,000, targeting wealthy Arabs of course. And making it one of the most expensive license plates ever to be sold in the UK. Link
Works well as a Valentine’s gift for yourself. If you’re a person who has some extra cash in their pockets, and you like showing off your flashy ride along the streets of London.
(Click on the image to watch the video)
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.
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
Fehaid Al-Deehani carrying the Kuwaiti flag.
Shaikh Ahmad Al-Fahad cheering for team Kuwait.
And Faye Sultan (photo is by Omarker)
I already mentioned in my previous post the dates on which each Kuwaiti athlete will be competing at the London Olympics. Thought it would be easier for you if I put them into a schedule, along with the exact game times.
BUT, Before we get to that, you also should not miss watching the Kuwaiti Athletes at the opening ceremony on 27 Jul 2012 at 11:00 pm Kuwait time. They will carry Kuwait’s flag and sing the national anthem as they walk into the stadium for the first time. You can learn what exactly will happen at the opening ceremony here.
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WHERE CAN YOU WATCH THE GAMES?
1. AbuDhabi sports 1/AbuDhabi sports 2
2. BBC Arabic
3. Dubai sports TV channels (collection of 6 channels) will be broadcasting the Olympic games live and for free.
4. Orbit/Showtime network will also be broadcasting the games live in HD on the following paid channels:
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