Borjomi and Bakuriani have been granted the status of candidate cities to host the 2025 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival
The European Olympic Committees has officially registered Borjomi and Bakuriani as candidate cities to host the 2025 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival. The official letter was received by Leri Khabelov, President of the Georgian National Olympic Committee, from Janez Kocijančič, President of the European Olympic Committees, and Raffaele Pagnozzi, Secretary General.
According to the letter, the GNOC must submit all necessary information regarding the hosting of the festival to the EOC by July 31, 2020. Per the organization's decision, an evaluation commission of the Olympic Festival will pay an official visit to Borjomi and Bakuriani in February.
Georgia expressed its desire to host the Olympic Festival this year. The country already has experience in holding similar events. In 2015, Tbilisi hosted the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival at the highest level.
Shalva Gogoladze (Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport): “With the support of the Government of Georgia, the National Olympic Committee has submitted the candidature of Borjomi and Bakuriani to the European Olympic Committees for hosting the 2025 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival. It is gratifying that the organization has already made a decision and officially registered Borjomi/Bakuriani as a candidate for hosting. We hope that the European Olympic Committees will grant Georgia the right to host the 2025 Olympic Festival.”
Elguja Berishvili (First Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee): “We submitted the candidature of Borjomi/Bakuriani to the European Olympic Committees in the summer. The organization has already officially registered our resorts as candidate cities for hosting. According to the procedure, a representative commission of Georgia will visit. The commission will study the situation on the ground. The host of the 2025 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival will be announced in November at the General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees, and we greatly hope that this honor will be bestowed upon Borjomi and Bakuriani.”
