Oxygen Park

All Set for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ A total of 3,010,679 tickets were made available, with organisers stating in September that more than 2.85 mn had been sold. More than 1.2 mn fans are expected to travel to Qatar for the tournament – apartments, hotel rooms, camps, villas, fan villages and cabins on cruise ships have all been made available. The Generation Amazing Foundation legacy programme has now benefitted more than 1 mn people in over 35 countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas. Launched in 2010 by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), the football-for-development outreach and education programmes support vulnerable and displaced people, empowering new generations to transform their communities and generate positive social development via sustainable programmes. See our special section in this issue about the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ for more about the stadiums, technology and fan experience!

Sheikha Asma Al Thani In May the Qatari mountaineer successfully scaled K2, the world’s second highest mountain as part of her Beyond Boundaries journey, becoming the first Arab to scale six of the 14 8,000ers. She aims to become the first Qatari woman to complete the Explorers Grand slam – climb the Seven Summits, climb the world’s 14 highest peaks, and reach both the North and South Poles. She is also the first person from Qatar to ski to the North Pole, and the first Qatari woman to reach the South Pole. She is now only one mountain away from achieving her goal! Park with largest air-conditioned jogging tracks opens HE Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie, Minister of Municipality, inaugurated Umm Al Seneem Park, with the largest air-conditioned jogging tracks in the world, a new Guinness World Record! The 1,143-metre-long air-conditioned jogging tracks was awarded the ‘longest air-conditioned outdoor path’ on 17 October 2022. The public can now enjoy using the paths all year, as the air conditioning system ensures temperatures of around 26˚ Celsius. The park was constructed by the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), and this is now their fifth Guinness World Record.

Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah wins FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah is the four-time winner of the Dakar Rally, a two-time Olympic medallist and now, the holder of the drivers’ title in the inaugural FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC). Al Attiyah and French co-driver Mathieu Baumel drove their Toyota GR DKR Hilux across numerous tracks and trails in three provinces of southern Spain, dealing with inclement weather conditions and punctures along the way. m