Eurosport commentator recommends Bakuriani as “amazing place” to visit

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.

While commentating on the event for Europe’s largest sports TV network that operates in 54 countries, Jay told viewers if “[Bakuriani is] not on your bucket list, it needs to be”.

He also mentioned the efforts and resources used by Georgian authorities to host the Championships, noting it meant “they really want to show the best results”.

Running through March 5, the competition brings together about 700 athletes from 42 countries competing in 30 categories for seven disciplines, Georgia's Ministry of Economy said.

Georgia’s effort for providing infrastructure for the event has seen three new cable cars, a 29 kilometre-long artificial snowmaking system and two artificial water reservoirs installed in Bakuriani.

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Athletes, teams and media are also hosted in the Championship Village set up in the town under a ₾270 million ($101 mln) expenditure by the Government.

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation congress granted Georgia the hosting rights for the World Championships in 2018, with the tournament organised with the support of the Georgian Government, the country’s Mountain Trails Agency and Ski Federation.