Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jami'in 'yan sanda mai shekaru 27 mai suna Obaid Al Jasmi ya fafata a wasannin Olympics na biyu bayan ya wakilci Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa shekaru hudu da suka gabata a wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2004 a Athens. Kodayake mafi kyawun lokacinsa na sakan 53.70 ya kasance sakan 2.75 a hankali fiye da lokacin "B" (FINA / Olympics) don cancantar taron, ya shiga tseren mita 100 na maza
bayan an ba da wuri na duniya da aka bayar ga masu iyo waɗanda ba su cancanci cancanta ba daga hukumar kula da wasan iyo ta duniya, FINA. Al Jasmi yana da kasa da watanni biyu don shirya wasannin. Ya sanya wa kansa burin inganta lokacinsa mafi kyau a wasannin Olympics amma ya lura da tsananin gasar da zai fuskanta. A ranar 12 ga watan Agusta, Al Jasmi ya yi gasa a zagayen biyu na masu iyo shida na gasar. Ya kasance na ƙarshe tare da sabon rikodin ƙasa na dakika 53.29. Al Jasmi ya kasance na 61 a cikin masu iyo 64 gabaɗaya kuma bai ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe ba tunda kawai an ba wa manyan 'yan wasa goma sha shida damar ci gaba. Bayan wasannin Olympics, ya yi magana game da gamsuwarsa game da aikinsa: "Na amfana sosai daga halartar wasannin Olympic kuma na yi nasarar inganta rikodin kaina kuma ina fatan shiga gasar GCC kuma na kuduri aniyar cimma kyakkyawan sakamako".