European Youth Olympic Festival will be hosted by Bakuriani, Georgia in 2025. The decision was officially made on 49th general assembly of European Olympic Committees. European Youth Olympic Festival is a continental competition for young sportsmen. First festival was held in 1991 in capital city of Belgium, Brussels with sponsorship of International Olympic Committees. First Youth festival was held in…
The Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup season 2020/2021 calendar has been published in October, but due to COVID-19 FIS council and all stakeholders had to make slight changes in the timeline of the event. After several weeks of negotiations, final version of the calendar has been released. The December tour will be held in Montafon, Austria on 11th and…
On September 22nd Bakuriani hosted and official meeting of GSF and FIS representatives. The meeting took place on Didveli track at 9AM, where the Georgian team made a presentation of ongoing and finished activities implemented by GSF. The guests have surveyed ski tracks thoroughly and evaluated work of Georgian team. Experts have also stated their remarks, but eventually they have…
FIS has released the world Cup Risk Management Covid-19 Testing Protocol for all upcoming events. Experts have created the protocol in order to minimize the influence of COVID-19 on World Cup events organized by FIS. Representatives of medical field are actively engaged in organization of the protocol. Protocol includes a detailed description of all the procedures and responsibilities that all participant…
Former ski cross athlete and our dearest friend, Klaus Waldner (AUT) has been appointed the new Cross Race Director. We have been friends with Klaus since 2017, while he was engaged to support the organisers of the first FIS and European Cup races in Georgia’s Bakuriani and Gudauri.After that he is our supporter. Congratulations to Klaus and good luck. Can’t…
Coordination Group meetings Zhangjiakou 2021 and Bakuriani 2023 It was another busy week of FIS World Championship planning and progress reports as two of the FIS Freestyle, Snowboard and Freeski World Championship 2021 and 2023 host venues hosted online Coordination Group meetings. This week, the Snowboard and Freestyle work continued as the Bakuriani 2023 World Championship organisers hosted their…
EUROPA CUP 2020 GUDAURI On February 29 – 1 March, in Gudauri, under the auspices of the International Ski Federation (FIS), the Snowboard European Cup stage was held in Parallel Slalom and Parallel Giant Slalom. The competition was organized with the support of the Government of Georgia, Mountain Resorts Development Company and the Georgian Ski Federation (GSF).The event’s partner was…
Autumn Meetings Soso Japaridze, Besarion Japaridze, Sandro Zhorzholiani, and Nodar Kozanashvili, all members of the Georgian Alpine Ski Team, are training on Austria’s famous glacier, Hintertux, from the 17th to the 28th of November. Davit Tediashvili and Beka Berdzenishvili, members of the Georgian Ski Cross Team, are preparing for the upcoming season from the 18th to the 28th of November…
A Visit to Sölden An agreement was signed between the Georgian Ski Federation and the organization Infront on 27-29 of October in the famous Austrian ski resort town of Sölden, at the opening of the Alpine Ski World Cup competition season. By the terms of the agreement, Infront will be Georgia’s media partner for the stages of the World Cup…
Alpine Ski Youth Group of Georgia Meeting A meeting of the Alpine Ski Youth Group of Georgia took place from the 17th to the 30th of September in Austria. Our young skiers had a lot of practice on the well-known glacier Hintertux. As you well know, skiing is very dependent on good weather conditions, and our athletes were blessed with…