Georgian Ski Federation Founder: Hosting Moguls World Cup in Bakuriani - “great achievement” for country
“I would like to thank our Government [and] Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for the support and development of winter sports”, he stressed. Photo via IPN
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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.
In his comments to the media, Ramishvili noted Georgia had fulfilled all of its obligations to host the World Cup, adding that holding such “world-class” competitions in the country “has already become a reality”.
I would like to thank our Government [and] Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for the support and development of winter sports”, he stressed.
The “significant work” carried out by Georgia was also highlighted by Andrea Rinaldi, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Freestyle Moguls and Aerials Race Director, on Thursday.
Georgia’s Bakuriani is hosting the 2023-2024 Moguls World Cup at the Kokhta Mount track between Friday and Saturday, with 90 athletes from 16 countries participating in the competition, the Ministry of Economy said.
During the 2024 winter season, the stages of the World Cup will be hosted in the Georgian resort of Gudauri for a snowboard cross between February 3-4, before the ski cross event is run in Bakuriani between February 10-11.
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.
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.
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.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Wednesday said the country’s popular ski resort of Gudauri would welcome visitors with new infrastructure worth ₾70 million ($26mln), in comments officially launching winter season in the resort.
Georgia's winter destination Gudauri is set to host the international jazz festival Winter Jazz Gudauri on Thursday and Friday, with eleven artists from different countries participating in the event, the Mountain Trails Agency said on Saturday.
Klaus Waldner, the Race Director of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, on Saturday said the Snowboard Cross World Cup was organised in Georgia’s ski resort of Bakuriani by the country’s Mountain Trails Agency “at the highest level”.