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Qatar World Record: Doha’s Iconic Tower ‘The Torch Doha’ launches the ‘World’s Largest External 360 Degree Screen’ and sets a Guinness World Record

Torch Tower set the Guinness World Record for being the largest external 360 degree screen in the world.

Aspire Zone Foundation announced that it will officially launch the screen on June 6, 2022 between 7pm to 9pm.

Situated at 300m high and with 360° panoramic views across the city, the Torch Doha is the result of comprehensive architectural, engineering and technical design, formerly shaped to represent a colossal torch for the duration of the 15th Asian Games in 2006 held its symbolic flame.

source/content: thepeninsulaqatar.com (edited)

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Ahmed Tijan & Cherif Younousse, Qatari Men’s Pair Win Bronze Medal ,the First for Beach Volleyball – Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 07th, 2021

Ahmed Tijan Jankol and Cherif Younousse Samba. Men’s Beach Volleyball. Sportsmen. Athletes.

Younousse and Tijan win Qatar’s first beach volleyball bronze

Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan downed Latvia’s Martins Plavins and Edgars Tocs in the men’s beach volleyball bronze medal match, 21-12, 21-18.

The straight sets victory provided Qatar’s first medal in the sport — and eighth overall medal in the history of the Olympics.

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Mutaz Essa Barshim Wins 2nd Gold Medal For Qatar, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : July 2021

Mutaz Essa Barsham. Track and Field Athlete. High Jump.

Mutaz Barshim high jumper claims a first ever gold medal in the track and field with victory in the men’s high jump.

High jumpers Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy share gold medal

The pair had a choice of a jump-off for one gold or shared medals, and they chose the latter because of their longtime friendship.

Both high jumpers were perfect until the bar was set to the Olympic-record height of 2.39 meters (7 feet, 10 inches). Each missed three times.

Earlier Wins:

National record holder
Asian record holder with a best mark of 2.43 m (7 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in).
Winner, gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London
Winner at 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha.
Winner bronze at the London 2012 Summer Olympics
Winner silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio
Winnr gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo.
Asian Indoor and World Junior champion in 2010
Winner – high jump gold medals at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships
Winner at 2011 Military World Games

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Record of Fastest 300 km by Speed Boat Record held by Qatari – Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor al-Thani and Abdullah al-Sulaiti

The fastest 300 km by speed boat is 1 hour 55 minutes and 14 seconds and was achieved by Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor al-Thani and Abdullah al-Sulaiti .

The event was organised by Qatar Marine Sports Federation in Doha on 10 February 2010.

The route, pre-approved by Guinness World Records, was from Abu Dhabi to Doha, Qatar.

The boat used was a twin gas turbine engine Nor-Tech speed boat named Qatar Challenger. The engines on the boat are also used on Cobra helicopters.

source: guinnessworldrecords.com

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World’s Largest Drinking Water Storage Tank – Kahramaa : Qatar -August 2020

Kahramaa (Qatar General Electric and Water Corporation) entered the Guinness Book of Records for the category – ‘Volume of the Largest Water Tank of its Kind in the World’.

It has 436,000 cubic meters (exceeding 96 million imperial gallons) capacity.

Qatar’s new world record reflects the efficiency and its strategy to enhance water security for its nation.

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World’s Longest Chandelier – at ‘Ali Bin Khalifa Al Hitmi’, Doha, Qatar : June 2010

The world’s longest chandelier by number of lights called ‘ Reflective Lights’ is installed at the Ali Bin Khalifa Al Hitmi & Co, office building on the water front in Doha on June 23rd, 2010.

-Largest Chandelier in the world

-Largest inter-active LED light sculpture

The exhibit is an organic art sculpture by day and then transformed when the light is introduced behind the glass frame.

The ‘Reflective Lights’ chandelier weighs 18,000 kg (39,683 lbs) and has 165,000 LED units. It measures 5.8m (19ft) in height at 12.5m (41 ft) in linear width and 38.5 m (126 ft 4in) in linear length. Certified by Guinness World Records.

The Chandelier is designed by Beau McClellan, Scotland.

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