4. 00:13 SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maher Abu Rmeileh, Palestine:
"I am thrilled and delighted I made it to the Olympics and this is a dream and I thank God that I realised it."
5. 00:25 Cutaway of hands
6. 00:28 SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maher Abu Rmeileh, Palestine:
"Judo standards in the Olympics are very strong and it will not be easy. Those athletes who qualify for the Olympics are the best of the best in the world. I am proud to be amongst these champions."
7. 00:46 Cutaway of eyes
8. 00:53 SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maher Abu Rmeileh, Palestine:
"It's a privilege and an honour for our judo federation to have qualified. This will encourage us to work hard for the next Olympics to qualify more athletes and in other sports to represent Palestine."
9. 01:07 Cutaway
10. 01:10 SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maher Abu Rmeileh, Palestine:
"I hope to win some fights and to qualify and go further in these Olympics"
Judoka Maher Abu Rmeileh reflected on Sunday (July 29) on being the first Palestinian to qualify on merit for the Olympic Games in London, England.
SCRIPTING INFORMATION:
Palestine are represented by five athletes in three disciplines at the London Olympics: swimming, athletics and judo.
Judoka Maher Abu Rmeileh was the last of the five Palestinian athletes to be notified of his participation at the Olympics.
The difference between Abu Rmeileh and the other four Palestinian representatives, is he qualified for the Olympics after defeating several judo champions throughout the past four years.
Abu Rmeileh's victories gained him 20 points which raised the total of Palestinian points total to 24 and so he qualified to take part in 73-kilogramme category.
The 28-year-old, who lives and trains in Jerusalem, Israel, started judo when he was seven.
His father was also a judoka.
Palestine first participated in the Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta in the United States.
Runner Majed Abu Maraheel, who is currently training the 2012 runners, was the first athlete to carry the Palestinian flag at an Olympic event.
Since then, Palestine's symbolic participation in the Olympics has continued.
But Abu Rmeileh is the only Palestinian to qualify for the Olympics on merit.
The International Olympic Committee have rules exempting developing nations from having reached the qualifying standard - that is how the other four Palestinian athletes qualified.
