FIS Freestyle Moguls and Aerials Race Director: Georgia has carried out significant work for hosting tournament
Andrea Rinaldi of the FIS on Thursday said Georgia had carried out a significant work for hosting the fourth World Cup competition of the 2023-2024 season in the ski resort of Bakuriani. Photo: Ministry of Economy
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Andrea Rinaldi, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Freestyle Moguls and Aerials Race Director, on Thursday said Georgia had carried out a significant work for hosting the fourth World Cup competition of the 2023-2024 season in the ski resort of Bakuriani.
Big investments have been made for the development of sports, tourism and business. The promotion of winter sports was greatly facilitated by the holding of the [2023 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships] in Bakuriani. All this is important for the growth of awareness of Georgia”, he said.
Bakuriani will host the tournament at the Kokhta Mount track between Friday and Saturday.
The Ministry of Economy of Georgia said 90 athletes from 16 countries would participate in the competition.
During the 2024 winter season the stages of the World Cup will be hosted in the Georgian resort of Gudauri for snowboard cross between February 3-4, before the ski cross event is run in Bakuriani between February 10-11.
The Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships closed in Georgia’s ski resort of Bakuriani on Saturday with Tess Ledeux of France and the Troy Podmilsak of the United States earning the final gold medals in the big air showcase.
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.
Johan Eliasch, the President of the International Ski Federation, on Saturday said Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani had “a lot of potential” to host “more events” as part of the World Championships and praised the quality of ski slopes and snow in the resort.
Georgia’s ski resort of Bakuriani will host the fourth Moguls World Cup competition of the 2023-2024 season of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation at the Kokhta Mount track between Friday and Saturday.
The fourth Moguls World Cup competition of the 2023-2024 season of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation has kicked off at the Kokhta Mount track of Georgia’s ski resort of Bakuriani.
Giorgi Ramishvili, the Founder and former President of the Georgian Ski Federation, on Saturday said hosting the fourth Moguls World Cup competition of the 2023-2024 season of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation in Georgia’s ski resort of Bakuriani was “a great achievement” for the country.