FIS Council member praises Georgian Government’s efforts for Freestyle, Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships
The Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development on Friday cited Gosper with the comment, with the FIS official also highlighting the level of infrastructure for the Championships by calling it “outstanding” and adding it allowed athletes to showcase their abilities “as much as possible”. Photo: The Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.
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Georgian Government’s efforts in the country’s hosting of the ongoing Freestyle Ski, Snowboards and Freeski World Championships in Bakuriani have been recognised by Dean Gosper, a member of the Council of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, who said the tournament represented “one of the outstanding World Championships”.
The Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development on Friday cited Gosper with the comment, with the FIS official also highlighting the level of infrastructure for the Championships by calling it “outstanding” and adding it allowed athletes to showcase their abilities “as much as possible”.
This is just the beginning for Georgia. Hope to also see Georgian athletes in prize-winning positions”, Gosper added.
Michel Von, the Secretary General of the FIS, on Thursday said Georgia deserved a “round of applause” for the level of its hosting of the event.
Officially opened on February 19, the Championships involve about 700 athletes from 42 countries competing in 30 categories.
Efforts for enabling Bakuriani to host the Championships saw installation of three new cable cars, a 29 kilometre-long artificial snowmaking system and two artificial water reservoirs, while athletes, teams and media are also hosted in the Championship Village set up in the town under a ₾270 million ($103 mln) expenditure by the Government.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Johan Eliasch, the President of the International Ski Federation on Saturday discussed the ongoing Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships, hosted in Georgia’s winter resort town of Bakuriani.
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.
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.
Training and educational bases operating in all four seasons will be launched in north-west Georgia’s mountainous Svaneti region after the country’s Mountain Trails Agency and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation signed a deal for the project on Thursday.
International delegates have inspected potential locations for hosting the Freeride World Tour, a series of sporting events for freeskiers and snowboard freeriders, in Georgia, the country’s Mountain Trails Agency said on Tuesday.
Georgia’s north-western highland Svaneti region will host the Freeride World Tour Pro qualifying, a series of sporting events for freeskiers and snowboard freeriders, for the first time, the Mountain Trails Agency said on Tuesday.
Nicolas Hale-Woods, the founder of Freeride World Tour, praised Georgian authorities' preparations for hosting the qualifying rounds for Freeride World Tour Pro, a series of sporting events for freeskiers and snowboard freeriders, by calling it “extraordinary”.