Winter resort Gudauri to host 2024 FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup series
Gudauri and the resort of Bakuriani were marked as permanent hosts of the competition calendar in January, enabling the destinations to host stages of World Cup events running under the international governing body annually. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia’s winter destination Gudauri will host the 2024 FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup for the first time in February, the Mountain Trails Agency revealed on Thursday.
Scheduled to start on December 2 in France, the event will arrive in Gudauri between February 3-4, while the competition also visits Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Canada, Spain and Austria.
Gudauri and the resort of Bakuriani were marked as permanent hosts of the competition calendar in January, enabling the destinations to host stages of World Cup events running under the international governing body annually.
Bakuriani will host competitions for mogul, dual mogul and ski cross disciplines, while Gudauri will be the destination for snowboard cross events.
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 Ski Cross World Cup has just started in the Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani which is hosting such a large-scale event for the first time in history. In total 51 athletes from nine countries (Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, UK, Japan, Switzerland, Sweden and US) are in Bakuriani this month to participate in the event.
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Representatives of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation and Infront Sports & Media sports marketing company have visited Georgia’s mountain resorts of Bakuriani and Gudauri to review infrastructure works and locations for broadcasting the upcoming FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup series in February, Georgia’s Mountain Trails Agency said on Monday.
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