FIS delegates review Bakuriani, Gudauri infrastructure for upcoming 2024 Snowboard Cross World Cup
Gudauri will host snowboard cross events within the 2024 Snowboard Cross World Cup for the first time, while competitions for mogul, dual mogul and ski cross disciplines will run in Bakuriani. Photo: Mountain Trails Agency
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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.
After inspecting the ongoing infrastructure works in Gudauri, FIS delegate Nicolas Vaudroz said the team saw “an extraordinary mountain with good nature and a very motivated team”.I look forward to returning to Gudauri to work with this extraordinary team”, he noted.
Photo: Mountain Trails Agency
In comments about the upcoming World Cup, Irakli Burchuladze, the Director of the MTA, said international delegates’ evaluations were “very positive” and expressed readiness to host the “with honour”.
Gudauri will host snowboard cross events within the World Cup for the first time, while competitions for mogul, dual mogul and ski cross disciplines will run in Bakuriani.
The two locations 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.
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.
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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Georgia’s ski resort of Gudauri will be once again marked as a new location on the world map by hosting the Snowboard Cross World Cup for the first time this weekend, Irakli Burchuladze, the Director of Mountain Trails Agency said on Friday.
Uwe Beyer, the Race Director of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, on Sunday praised the organisers of the Snowboard Cross World Cup, which was held in Georgia’s ski resort of Gudauri for the first time this weekend, by calling them “real professionals”.