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| Kazakh gold medallist is played Borat anthem in Kuwait | Kazakh gold medallist is played Borat anthem in Kuwait |
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| Kazakhstan's shooting team has been left stunned after a comedy national anthem from the film Borat was played at a medal ceremony at championships in Kuwait instead of the real one. | Kazakhstan's shooting team has been left stunned after a comedy national anthem from the film Borat was played at a medal ceremony at championships in Kuwait instead of the real one. |
| The team asked for an apology and the medal ceremony was later rerun. | The team asked for an apology and the medal ceremony was later rerun. |
| The team's coach told Kazakh media the organisers had downloaded the parody from the internet by mistake. | The team's coach told Kazakh media the organisers had downloaded the parody from the internet by mistake. |
| The song was produced by UK comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for the film, which shows Kazakhs as backward and bigoted. | The song was produced by UK comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for the film, which shows Kazakhs as backward and bigoted. |
| Footage of Thursday's original ceremony href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39cenrIQW0" >posted on YouTube shows gold medallist Maria Dmitrienko listening to the anthem without emotion and finally smiling as it ends. | |
| Coach Anvar Yunusmetov told Kazakh news agency Tengrinews that the tournament's organisers had also got the Serbian national anthem wrong. | Coach Anvar Yunusmetov told Kazakh news agency Tengrinews that the tournament's organisers had also got the Serbian national anthem wrong. |
| "Then Maria Dmitrienko's turn came," he said. "She got up on to the pedestal and they played a completely different anthem, offensive to Kazakhstan." | "Then Maria Dmitrienko's turn came," he said. "She got up on to the pedestal and they played a completely different anthem, offensive to Kazakhstan." |
| The film Borat, released in 2006, follows Baron Cohen's character, the journalist Borat Sagdiyev, as he travels to the US and pursues the actress Pamela Anderson. | The film Borat, released in 2006, follows Baron Cohen's character, the journalist Borat Sagdiyev, as he travels to the US and pursues the actress Pamela Anderson. |
| The film outraged people in Kazakhstan and was eventually banned in the country. The government also threatened Baron Cohen with legal action. | The film outraged people in Kazakhstan and was eventually banned in the country. The government also threatened Baron Cohen with legal action. |
| Reports say the film is also banned in Kuwait. | Reports say the film is also banned in Kuwait. |