Hamad Aquatic Centre is a large

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complex in

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the coun ...

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. The centre is housed in the

Doha Sports City Aspire Zone, also known as Doha Sports City, is a sporting complex located in the Baaya district of Al Rayyan, a suburb of Doha, Qatar. Owned by the Aspire Zone Foundation, it was established as an international sports destination in 2003 and i ...

complex along with other buildings dedicated to sports in Qatar including the Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, the

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Khalifa International Stadium Khalifa International Stadium (, , ) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, around west from the centre of Doha. Its ground comprises a running track and a grass pitch. Opened in 1976, the stadium was named after then-Emir of ...

, and a training school called

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. It is three stories tall and is equipped to host events in

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, and

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Technical features

A main three-story-tall building contains two diving pools as well as two

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s and has a seating capacity of over 2,000.

Notable events

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

"Capsules of venues for the 2006 Asian Games"
''

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''. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 22 November 2021. *

FINA Swimming World Cup The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course () swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. Launched in 1988, the FINA Swimming World Cup gathers world-class swimmers in a series of two-da ...

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FINA FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...

(7 October 2012)
"FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2012 Doha: Complete Results Book"
''

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''. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

,"Doha set for FINA World Cup"
''

Gulf Times The ''Gulf Times'' newspaper was founded in 1978 as the first publication of the Gulf Publishing and Printing Company in the capital city of Qatar, Doha (or ad-Dawhah). It is one of three English language newspapers in the country (the others be ...

''. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

,Marsteller, Jason (22 August 2014)
"FINA Fast Facts on Upcoming FINA World Cup"
''

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''. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

,Hussain, Fawad (2 November 2015)
"Pool party begins as world's best eye wins"
'' The Peninsula''. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

,Siddiqui, Ashraf (29 September 2016)
"Doha All Set To Host FINA Swimming World Cup 2016 on October 8"
''Asian Telegraph Qatar''. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

,Race, Retta (4 October 2017)
"FINA World Cup Doha Day 1 Prelims: Stars' Warm-Up Swims Completed"
''

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''. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

,Race, Retta (11 September 2018)
"2018 FINA World Cup – Doha Kicks Off On Thursday"
''

''. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

,"Ace swimmers to make big splash at Hamad Aquatic Centre soon"
''

Qatar Tribune ''Qatar Tribune'' is an English-language newspaper published in Doha, Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula ...

''. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2021.Hussain, Fawad (10 November 2019)
"FINA World Cup 2019: Morozov and Campbell crowned champions in Doha"
'' The Peninsula''. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

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Race, Retta (19 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Boasts Small Fields But Huge Battles"
''

''. Retrieved 22 November 2021."Sports season in full swing"
'' The Peninsula''. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021. *

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Keith, Braden (22 December 2011)
"Mellouli Totals 14 Gold Medals At Pan-Arab Games To Honor Tunisia"
''

''. Retrieved 22 November 2021. *

West Asian Games The West Asian Games (also known as the WAG) was a multi-sport event held every four years among the athletes from West Asia. The West Asian Games was first organised in Tehran, Iran and was considered as the first of its kind. The success of th ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

"Tiny Qatar set to roar"
''

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''. 9 January 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2021. * World Swimming Championships:

Stewart, Melvin (3 December 2014)
"2014 FINA World Short Course Championships – Day 1 Photo Vault"
''

''. Retrieved 22 November 2021.Chan, Melissa (24 August 2016)
"U.S. Swimmer Jimmy Feigen Admits to Omitting Facts in Rio Robbery Scandal"
''

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''. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

Recognition

In November 2021,

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mentioned Hamad Aquatic Centre in a published article noting the diversity of sporting venues and sports culture in Doha."Khalifa International Stadium, el oasis del fútbol de Qatar para el Mundial 2022"
(in Spanish). ''

''. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

Controversy

The Centre was the focus of controversy in October 2013. That month,

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swimmer

Amit Ivry Amit Ivry ( he, עמית עברי; born September 2, 1989, in Eilat, Israel) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer, Maccabiah Games champion, and national record holder. She competes in the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and medley. Ivry won a ...

finished 2nd and won a

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in the women's 100 meter mixed individual medley at the

in swimming at the Centre, breaking the Israeli national record at 58.43 seconds. The Israeli flag was removed from outside the Centre at the FINA event, however. Furthermore, after

Guy Barnea Guy Marcos Barnea (; born 9 September 1987) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won three medals at the European Championships. As of March 2016, he held the Israeli records in the long course 50m b ...

won a 200-meter butterfly heat, he posted a screenshot of a broadcast to

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in which the Israeli flag was displayed without the Star of David. However, subsequent footage of the event released after Barnea's post revealed that the broadcast did not omit the Star of David. The

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states that Fédération Internationale de Natation tournaments must have: “no discrimination on the basis of .. race, religion, or political opinion.”

References

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