Qatar Museums Unveils Olympism: More Than A Dream Exhibition
Date
7/31/2024 4:00:33 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
The Peninsula
Doha, Qatar: As part of Qatar's contribution to Paris 2024, Qatar Museums and 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum opened Olympism: More Than a Dream Exhibition, recording 40 years of Qatar's participation in the olympics since 1984. This exhibition will be on view from July 31 to August 25 at Le Royal Monceau - Raffles Paris Hotel in Paris, France.
The opening of the exhibition was attended by Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the French Republic H E sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani, President of the Qatar football Association H E Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain, Vice President of Qatar Olympic Committee and Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Vice President for West Asia Dr. Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari, 321 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum Director Abdulla Yousuf Al Mulla, Associate Director at Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage - Olympic Museum - IOC Yasmin Meichtry, as well as President, Pierre de Coubertin Family Association Alexandra de Navacelle de Coubertin, and other prominent guests.
In the elegant surroundings of the Raffles art gallery, the exhibition is divided into 3 parts: Te first part is a tribute to Pierre de Coubertin, Founder of the Modern Olympics, and celebrates Qatar's gift of the first translation of Coubertin's Selected Writings into Arabic for the first time. The exhibition features iconic Olympic objects from the Museum's collection, from Muhammad Ali's left boxing glove from Rome 1960, hand-inscribed by the most charismatic of athletes, detailing his victories, to a rare Innsbruck 1964 Olympic torch used on the first occasion that the Olympic flame for a Winter Games was lit in Olympia, Greece birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games.
The second part highlights key milestones in Qatar's progress as an Olympic nation, from its first participation at Los Angeles 1984 to Tokyo 2020. Foregrounding Qatar's continuous involvement in each subsequent Summer Olympic Games and Paralympics-featuring milestone moments, memorabilia and medals from Qatar's first medal in 1992 to one of the two Tokyo 2020 Golds-the exhibition shines a light on how the Olympic values of excellence, respect and friendship have been articulated in Qatar and across the MENA region.
On display is the bronze won by Qatar athlete Mohammed Suleiman in the 1500m at Barcelona, the first medal in the history of the Olympic Games to be won by a Gulf Country.
The gold medal won by the 'Qatari Falcon' Mutaz Barshim at Tokyo 2020 is one of the highlights of the exhibition. In the high jump final, Qatar's Barshim and Italy's Tamberi both cleared a height of 2.37m but did not progress. In one of the most heart-warming moments in Olympic history, Barshim then made history by suggesting that the pair share the gold.
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