Georgian PM, European Olympic Committee review 2025 Winter Youth Olympic Festival plans
The officials reviewed plans for the infrastructure for the Festival, noting the relevant projects would have a “long-term positive” impact on winter sports in Georgia. Photo: Government Administration
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The ongoing Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Georgia’s resort of Bakuriani and plans for hosting the 2025 Winter Youth Olympic Festival in the country were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and EOC President Spyros Capralos.
The meeting noted the ongoing Championships in Bakuriani were an “important event” for the country and the experience gained from hosting it would be significant for the Olympic Festival, the Government Administration said.
Georgia has set the goal of holding the Youth Olympic Festival in 2025, and the whole country is eager to hold it. The Prime Minister is enthusiastic, he loves sports and has done a lot for sports. He will continue to do a lot for the sport”, Capralos said in comments on the meeting, adding the event would serve as a promotion opportunity for the country to show its tourism potential and destinations.
The officials reviewed plans for the infrastructure for the Festival, noting the relevant projects would have a “long-term positive” impact on winter sports in Georgia.
Georgia deserves a “round of applause” for the level of its hosting of the ongoing Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Bakuriani, Michel Vion, the Secretary General of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, said in comments released by the country’s Mountain Trails Agency on Thursday.
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”.
Brad Jay, a professional sports commentator and announcer at Eurosport, on Thursday expressed his gratitude toward the Georgian Mountain Trails Agency for the “amazing job” done in the country’s winter resort town of Bakuriani, which has been hosting the Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships.
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.
Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani will host the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival involving over a thousand young athletes, after a formal agreement on the tournament was signed in Tbilisi on Thursday.