Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani to host 2025 Winter Youth Olympic Games
Bakuriani will also host the first stage of the World Cup Ski Cross on February 5-7, 2021 and the 2023 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The 49th Executive Committee of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) General Assembly has today decided to award host status to the Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani for the 2025 Winter Youth Olympic Games, announces Georgian National Olympic Committee.
The Evaluation Commission of the European Committee visited Bakuriani on February 6, 2020 in order to explore potential locations for the competition and all the necessary infrastructure, including ski-lifts.
Bakuriani is getting ready to host the 2023 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships by developing its infrastructure that includes three new ski lifts in the area, built by international manufacturer of ropeways, cable cars and ski lifts the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group.
Peter Brull, the Head of the EOC, noted that Bakuriani has excellent conditions for skiing and snowboarding competitions.
The European Olympic Committee officially confirmed the candidate status of the ski resort Bakuriani in December 2018.
Georgia already has experience in holding such high-level events, including the Tbilisi 2015 Olympic Youth European Festival.
As for Bakuriani, the ski resort will also host the first stage of the World Cup Ski Cross on February 5-7, 2021 and the 2023 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships.
The European Olympic Committee (EOC) welcomes Georgia’s readiness and positively assesses the resources and new infrastructure in the mountainous resort Bakuriani for hosting the 2025 Winter Youth Olympic Games, says Georgia’s Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.
The Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani will host the first stage of the World Cup Ski Cross on February 5-7, 2021. The International Ski Federation and the Georgian Ski Federation have officially signed an agreement for the competition in Bakuriani.
The Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani is getting ready to host the 2023 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships by developing its infrastructure that includes three new ski lifts in the area, built by international manufacturer of ropeways, cable cars and ski lifts the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group.
It's official! Georgia’s ski resorts of Bakuriani and Gudauri will host the 2023 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships. It marks the first time in the history of the International Ski Federation (FIS) that Georgia will host a World Championship and with more than 25 medal events planned, it is sure to be an eventful World Championships.
A fire has broken out on top of Mount Kokhta in the Georgian winter resort of Bakuriani earlier today. Locals say the ski lift building was struck by lighting, which caused the fire.
Mountain Resorts Development Company of Georgia, which manages four ski resorts in the country and Shymbulak Development, which manages the Shymbulak ski resort in Kazakhstan, have signed a memorandum of cooperation.
Georgian athletes will receive 1 million GEL from the state if they win gold medals at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. A total of 35 athletes will participate in eleven games in the Tokyo Olympics between July 23 and August 8.
Regulations for the coming winter season at Georgian resorts have been released, with rules for passenger capacity in ski lift gondolas and open lifts set for pandemic safety.
Georgia’s hosting of next year’s World Ski Championship, and preparation of the country’s winter resort infrastructure for the event, was discussed by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Michel Vion, the Secretary General of the International Ski Federation, on Friday.
Georgia’s ski resort potential was showcased last weekend at the National Snow Show exhibition in Birmingham, the Georgian national tourism administration announced.
Georgia’s Bakuriani winter resort will have a budget of ₾100 million ($37mln) for the construction of venues that will host the 2025 European Winter Youth Olympic Festival.
Georgia received the European Olympic Committees’ flag on Saturday as the host country of the 2025 European Winter Youth Olympic Festival, to be held in the country’s Bakuriani winter resort, the Georgian National Olympic Committee announced.
Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani will host the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival involving over a thousand young athletes, after a formal agreement on the tournament was signed in Tbilisi on Thursday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said ₾100 million ($38.39mln) would be spent on hosting the 2025 Winter Youth Olympic Games in capital Tbilisi and the winter resort town of Bakuriani.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Government officials on Friday discussed the ongoing preparations for hosting the 2025 Winter Youth Olympic Games, the Government Administration announced.