Azerbaijan, Baku, March 30 /Trend E. Kosolapova/
Kuwait has apologized to Kazakhstan for the scandal with its national anthem, the Director of the Kazakh National Center for Olympic Training Oleg Pochivalov said in an interview with Kazakh Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper
"Kuwaiti Sheikh himself apologized, we have a video and soon it will be placed in the Youtube. I think the incident is over," Pochivalov said, Kazinform reported.
The tournament organizers mixed the national anthem of Kazakhstan with the national anthem parody from the Borat movie at the International Shooting Grand Prix in Kuwait. The company engaged in the organization of the event just downloaded the national Kazakhstan anthem parody from the Internet by mistake.
Kazakhstan sent a complaint to the Olympic Council of Asia in this regard after which the organizers of the competition sent a letter of apology to the Federation of shooting sports in Kazakhstan.
Pochivalov believes Kazakh delegation representatives should not be punished for the incident because every one of them put their best efforts and promptly made a protest.