Police “mobilised” to ensure safety at Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships - Interior Ministry
Police crews had been deployed in the ski resort of Bakuriani to ensure safety during the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships that started on Thursday. Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs
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The Georgian Interior Ministry on Friday said police crews had been deployed in the ski resort of Bakuriani to ensure safety during the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships that started on Thursday.
Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs
The Ministry said law enforcement officers from its departments were working to ensure enforcement of traffic regulations for a smooth experience for tournament participants and emergency medical crews, while professionals of the Emergency Situations Management Service were also present.
Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs
Four security police checkpoints have been set up at various areas in Bakuriani for the event, with firefighting crews and rescuers deployed at two locations.
Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs
Ski patrols will protect the safety of holiday-goers on the ski tracks, while criminal police in Bakuriani [will ensure] crime prevention and public order protection measures [...]", the state body also said.
Up to 700 athletes from 42 countries are participating in the Championships running through March 5.
The work carried out by the country’s authorities on preparing the winter resort of Bakuriani for hosting the FIS Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships affords an opportunity for Georgia to “decently” host the Championships, the Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili said on Wednesday.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Tuesday said the International Ski Federation had praised the works done by the country’s authorities on preparing the winter resort of Bakuriani for hosting the Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships, with the event set to launch this week.
Michel Vion, the Secretary General of the International Ski Federation, on Tuesday said he was expecting to see a “high-level hosting” of the upcoming Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani.
Authorities will institute traffic restrictions in the winter resort of Bakuriani to ensure uninterrupted access for visitors and athletes taking part in the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships, the Ministry of Economy said on Tuesday.
Bakuriani 2023 - the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships officially opened with a concert on Saturday in Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani, which will run through March 5, hosting about 700 athletes from 42 countries competing in 30 categories for seven disciplines.
In one of the first contests of the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships hosted in Georgia’s winter resort town of Bakuriani, Poland’s Oskar Kwiatkowski and Japan’s Tsubaki Miki earned gold in the Parallel Giant Slalom on Saturday.
Representatives of the International Ski Federation have described Georgia’s hosting of the ongoing FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in Bakuriani as “impressive”.