Bakuriani ski tracks quality, infrastructure, equipment “identical” to European standards - MTA Director
The Director of the Agency also announced that the first final of the Championships, running through March 5, would be held on Sunday and noted the Champions Village would be hosting visitors. Photo via MTA
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The quality of ski tracks, infrastructure, and relevant equipment in Georgia’s ski resort of Bakuriani, arranged for the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships, is “identical” to European standards, Irakli Burchuladze, the Director of Georgian Mountain Trails Agency told agenda.ge on Saturday.
Burchuladze said the opening of the World Championships, making the country “proud” of this day, would be held later today with a concert of Georgian performers.
The International Ski Federation has been fully satisfied with the work done, with all required standards maintained, Burchuladze noted, adding the official training in different disciplines of the tournament “went well” and the slopes of the mountains were “ready in every way”.
The Director of the Agency also announced that the first final of the Championships, running through March 5, would be held on Sunday and noted the Champions Village would be hosting visitors.
Bakuriani was granted the hosting rights of the tournament by a FIS congress in 2018. The competition is being held with the support of the Georgian Government and organised by the Mountain Trails Agency and the Georgian Ski Federation.
Athletes from around the world on Thursday started their first official training in aerials, a freestyle ski discipline, as part of the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships running through March 5 in Georgia’s ski resort of Bakuriani.
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.
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.
Mariam Kvrivishvili, the Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, on Friday highlighted the International Ski Federation’s comments on the infrastructure set up to host the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in the Georgian town of Bakuriani, adding the resort would host the event in a “dignified manner”.
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.
Brad Jay, a professional sports commentator and announcer at Eurosport, on Saturday recommended Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani, which is hosting the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championship, as an “amazing place” to visit.
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.
About 40 representatives of ski resorts from seven countries on Wednesday reviewed the infrastructure in the Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani during the ongoing Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in the location, the Georgian Economy Ministry said.
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”.