Ten days to go: Tbilisi is ready to host youth Olympic Festival
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With ten days to go before the official opening of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2015, the Olympic Flame is preparing to enter Georgia’s capital city.
Tomorrow Tbilisi locals are invited to gather in Freedom Square in the central city to welcome the Olympic Flame. The flame will arrive at 8pm before a large public concert is held to celebrate the event.
Yesterday Georgian Prime Minister reminded the public that the important youth sporting festival was nearly here and posted a picture of the Olympic sign installed on the hill at Mtsatsminda Park, at the highest point of Tbilisi overlooking the whole city.
"Tbilisi is ready for the European Youth Olympic Festival,” read the caption of PM Irakli Garibashvili's picture.
Today he said Georgia had worked hard to prepare for EYOF 2015.
"We significantly helped to provide security at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Now we are hosting this festival and it is very important that every state contributes to ensuring a peaceful environment during the EYOF 2015,” he said.
If you are currently in Tbilisi feel free to join tomorrow’s celebration dedicated to the first ever Olympic Games being held in Georgia.
The 13th EYOF will open in Tbilisi on July 26 and continue until August 1. Nine sporting codes will be represented at Tbilisi 2015: judo, tennis, artistic gymnastics, cycling, athletics, swimming, volleyball, handball and basketball.
Almost 3,500 young athletes from 49 nations will visit Tbilisi for the EYOF, which will be covered by more than 300 international and local media outlets. As well as organisers, more than 2,000 volunteers aged 17-78 will take part in the event.
In less than two weeks thousands of the world’s best young athletes, their coaches and supporters will come to Georgia for the European Youth Olympic Festival 2015.
A new and modern sports facility that will host young athletes at the upcoming European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) has opened today in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.
"I am confident that we will witness a great Olympic Games and it will be exciting for all of us", says Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Only 50 days are left until the official start of the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Tbilisi.
A celebration is planned in Rustavi this evening to mark the arrival of the Olympic flame.
People in southern Georgia are among the first in the country to be given the rare opportunity to see the Olympic flame.
The Olympic flame for the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) has landed in Georgia’s seaside city Batumi ahead of the Tbilisi 2015 torch relay after being flown from Athens, Greece.
The Olympic flame for the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) has been lit in the ancient Greek city of Athens and will today travel to Georgia for the international youth sporting competition.
The Olympic Flame has entered Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi for the first time in the city’s history.
The last sporting facility for the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) 2015 has opened today - three days before the Festival begins - meaning Tbilisi is officially ready to host the international sporting competition.
Today is a big day in Georgia. The country is hosting the opening ceremony of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) 2015, one of the most prestigious sporting events in the country’s history.
The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) 2015 has kicked off in Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi with a grandiose opening ceremony on Sunday night.
An Olympic-size swimming complex built specifically for the 2015 Tbilisi European Youth Olympic Festival is opening today to the public.