Bakuriani resort to have $37 million budget for venues to host 2025 European Winter Youth Olympic Festival
Prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday discussed plans for the construction of venues that will host the 2025 European Winter Youth Olympic Festival. Photo: government of Georgia press office
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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.
Prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday discussed plans for the related infrastructure with Leri Khabelov, the head of the national olympic committee, with the government administration announcing the officials agreed preparatory works for hosting the tournament would begin next year.
They also noted the facilities would be used to enable Georgian athletes to train in the country in their preparations for future competitions, instead of having to travel abroad for preparations in some cases. The head of the government pledged “ full support” to the committee head in the project.
Bakuriani was granted the right to host the Olympic event by the Executive Committee of the European Olympic Committees General Assembly in November 2020.
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.
The Ski Cross World Cup closed with a cross mixed-team event in the Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani today. Ski events will continue in March as well. On March 3-5 Bakuriani will host the World Cup races for snowboarding.
Ski season is approaching and the International Ski Federation has confirmed the calendar of the events planned for the Georgian winter resort of Bakuriani. Preparations for hosting the competitions are in an active phase in Bakuriani, announces the Georgian Ski Federation.
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.
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.