PM, Gov’t officials meet to discuss hosting Winter Youth Olympic Games
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Government officials on Friday discussed the ongoing preparations for hosting the 2025 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Photo: PM's press office
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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.
At the meeting, Garibashvili pointed out the preparations for the event were set to start, with ₾100 million ($38.39mln) allocated from the budget for the purpose.
The Administration cited Garibashvili as saying “proper infrastructure” would be created for the competition.
A biathlon and ski racing track will be set up in Bakuriani, he noted, adding an ice rink would be built in Tbilisi, in addition to other new infrastructure in both locations.
Garibashvili said ₾25 million ($9.60mln) would be spent on the project this year.
Michel Vion, the Secretary General of the International Ski Federation, on Saturday praised the ongoing Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani as the “best tournament” held with “very good outcome” and stressed Georgia had everything to become a winter sports destination.
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.
Georgia’s popular ski resorts of Bakuriani and Gudauri have been marked as permanent hosts in the competition calendar of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, enabling the destinations to host stages of World Cup events running under the body annually. The Mountain Trails Agency of Georgia on Wednesday said the two locations would be among 11 resorts around the world hosting 19 events of the 2023-2024 FIS Ski Cross World Cup calendar.
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.