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Page 01 Aug 06.Indd www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 21 Brexit deal to determine England fight back future UK plant to leave third Test investment: Nissan on a knife-edge SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 2016 • 3 DHUL QA’DA 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6880 2 Riyals thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Fun for everyone Qatar begins quest at Rio makes Qatar Summer Thirty-eight athletes lead Qatar challenge Festival a huge draw at 2016 Olympics. By Raynald C Rivera The Peninsula By Armstrong Vas The Peninsula DOHA: This year’s Qatar Summer Festival (QSF) RIO DE JANEIRO: A record number being organised by Qatar of 38 athletes, including Olympic Tourism Authority (QTA) bronze medalists Nasser Al Attiyah has earned praise from and Mutaz Barshim, are leading lead visitors for putting up the Qatar challenge at the Rio Olympics biggest Entertainment which began with an impressive cer- City which is accessible emony at the Maracana Stadium and with diverse offerings and new by Doha-based digital development yesterday. attractions. and events company Atelier 101. Qatar has sent its biggest athlete The amusement centre at Doha “We allow each one to have up delegation in its Games’ history, since Exhibition and Convention Centre to three snapshots and two virtual its participation in the Los Angeles (DECC) has witnessed hundreds of reality games. Games in 1984 — more than triple visitors, mostly families, enjoying “But when it gets busy we limit the number sent to London in 2012. a variety of rides and games, espe- them to give chance to those in the Yesterday, the Qatari flag was cially the new ones. queue,” added Tanco. hoisted at the Olympic Village. For a QR15 entry fee, people Go Kart has been a magnet for H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad can enjoy several free games and young racing enthusiasts and the Al Thani, President, Qatar Olym- A woman jumps in front of Olympic rings at the Olympic Park in Brazil. features such as the virtual real- city is witnessing long queues to try pic Committee (QOC) and Head of ity game, mobile games and photo the QR30 ride daily. the Qatari mission to the Games, booth. “I never miss to try Go Karting attended the ceremony, which marks world championships last year, losing Qatar has won four Olympic compete under the Olympic flag and “I have never seen the photo whenever there’s a chance. This is the official entry of the Qatari mis- out to France in the final in addition to bronze medals. has 10 members — five from South booth previously in the festival and my favourite so far at the festival,” sion to the village. Al Attiyah, a former world rally cham- Athletes from 206 nations and a Sudan, two from Syria, two from DR I think this is what many people like said Mahmoud, after his third ride QOC Secretary-General Dr. pion who won bronze at the men’s refugee team are in Brazil to compete Congo and one from Ethiopia. because they want to keep some- yesterday. Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari, skeet, a shooting event, in 2012. in 28 sporting events and be watched With 554 athletes, the US has thing to remember,” said Raj, one of New skill games are also a big Mohamed Issa Al Fadala, Head of Qatar has also taken two women by a global audience of billions. the largest team, but 100m runner the visitors who took a photo with draw, such as The Human Claw Box, the administrative delegation of the athletes to Rio. The build-up has been domi- Etimoni Timuani is the only ath- his wife at the booth. which draws inspiration from claw Qatari Olympic mission, federation Nada Arakji, the first Qatari nated by a Russian doping scandal, lete from the South Pacific nation The photo, which contains the machine arcade game, but instead presidents, executives and Qatari woman to compete in the Olympics the Zika virus and issues with the of Tuvalu. festival logo, can be printed and of claw a person is suspended over athletes were present. when she swam in the 50m freestyle city’s security, infrastructure and The Rio Games will be the first to taken by visitors as souvenir from the boxes which contain prizes he This is the eighth Olympics at four years ago, will compete in the venues. These are the Games of the feature Olympians born since 2000 the Entertainment City. has to capture in 90 seconds with which Qatar has competed and there 100m butterfly and Dalal Al Harthi 31st Olympiad but are the 28th to be — and the youngest is 13-year-old “On a daily basis we print the help of another player manip- is expectation that the country can will compete in the women’s 400m. held as those in 1916, 1940 and 1944 Nepalese swimmer Gaurika Singh. between 500 and more than 600 ulating a joystick. land its first gold medal. In 2012, Arakji and three other did not take place because of World Brazil has drafted 85,000 secu- all for free, but today we expect “It is an exciting and challeng- Possibly the biggest hope is high female athletes made history as it War I and II. rity personnel from 55 countries more than 1,000 because it is Fri- ing game that requires skill which jumper Mutaz Barshim, who won was the first time Qatar had sent There are about 10,500 athletes to be stationed at the sport venues, day,” Noel Dale Tanco, Technical many visitors like to experience,” bronze in London and earlier this women to compete in the games. from a record 207 teams competing Olympic Village, airports and main Officer at Atelier 101, told this daily. said Iman, a representative of the year claimed his fourth Asian Indoor Qatar’s participation in the in Rio, including a Refugee Olympic roads — almost twice as many at the Virtual reality and Qatari-made Dubai-based company operating Athletics Championships at 24. games starts today with the qualifiers Team. Kosovo and South Sudan are 2012 London Olympics. mobile games Khalifa Dive and the game. Another gold medal prospect is the of swimming, table tennis, boxing, taking part for the first time. Khalifa Run were among the crowd- handball team, which took silver at the volleyball and beach volleyball. The Refugee Olympic Team will → See also pages 21 to 24 pulling free games at the festival, → Continued on page 2 Haze blankets Doha Nine children Most traffic violations among 13 dead in populated areas in Aleppo raids AFP By Sidi Mohamed we are doing now, we hope, motor- The Peninsula ists will not repeat such violations.” BEIRUT: At least 13 people, In the beginning of the cam- including nine children, were paign, Major Odaiba had told this killed in air strikes on the rebel- daily that the main focus of the held east of Aleppo yesterday, the DOHA: Commercial streets and campaign is to curb violations — Syrian Observatory for Human densely populated areas are the using the mobile phone and not Rights monitor said. places where most motorists com- wearing the seat belt while driv- The Britain-based group said mit violations, including using the ing — because many motorists it was unclear if the raids on the mobile phone and not wearing the not only use their mobiles to make Marjeh district were carried out seat belt while driving. calls but also WhatsApp, Faceook by aircraft belonging to the Syr- Major Jaber Mohamed Rashid and other social media sites and use West Bay skyline covered with haze yesterday. Doha and parts of the country witnessed hazy weather ian government or its ally Russia. Odaiba, Assistant Director, Media Pokémon GO — a new smartphone condition caused by dust and humidity which went up 90 percent reducing visibility. The latest civilian deaths in & Traffic Awareness Department game — which can endanger their Pic: Qassim Rahmatullah / The Peninsula Aleppo come as rebels press an at the Ministry of Interior, told this and others’ safety. assault to break a government daily: “It is easy for patrols to catch Al Shamal patrols, South patrols, siege of the districts that began violators in these places, while it Dukhan patrols, those in Doha and on July 17 and has raised fears of is difficult on highways where it is others are participating in the cam- a humanitarian crisis. hard to stop them.” paign. Every week, the department In an audio message, Abu He said the campaign to catch evaluates the impact of the cam- Turkey ruling party orders purge Mohamed Al Jolani, head of Al violators continues and police paign and its results. Qaeda’s former affiliate in Syria, patrols are not only in Doha but The General Traffic Directorate pledged that the operation would also everywhere to register traf- at the ministry launched the cam- AFP Terrorist Organisation (FETO) — as state” and on Thursday issued a war- soon succeed. fic offences. paign on July 24, which continues Ankara calls the movement blamed rant for his arrest for “ordering the The rebel assault started on However, he said the number until the end of summer. for the July 15 attempted putsch, July 15 coup” — which the reclu- Sunday and is targeting the Ram- of violations they have registered A recent study by the Depart- state-run Anadolu news agency sive cleric denies. The cleric has ussa district that contains the has declined “as motorists have ment of Injuries and Accidents at ISTANBUL: Turkey’s ruling party reported. denounced the arrest warrant as main supply route to the govern- become more aware and careful Hamad Medical Corporation said yesterday ordered a purge from its It comes as Turkey announced a meaningless.
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