Georgia: The European Summer XVIII Youth Olympic Festival was opened in the main hall of the Iane Sandanski Sports Center, located in Skopje, North Macedonia.
The Georgian National Olympic Committee (GNOC) shared glimpses of the event on its Official Facebook page on Monday, July 21, 2025. A small note about the event was also shared along with its photographs.
According to tradition, a parade was held at the opening ceremony. Athletes and judges took an oath, and also raised the flag of the European Olympic committees and lit the Olympic fire.
The guards of the Georgian Olympic delegation were judoist Giorgi Mumladze and bullet shooter Lizi Agniashvili. Spiro Kapralos, President of the European Olympic Committees, and President of Northern Macedonia Gordana Silianovska-Davkova, addressed the public with politeness.
The opening ceremony was attended by thehttps://georgiaonline.ge/preparations-begin-for-2026-youth-olympic-festival-in-georgia/ President of SEOK, Head of the Georgian Olympic Delegation Leri Khabelov, and members of the Georgian delegation. The ceremony continued with musical and various spectacular programs.
More than 3000 14-18 year old athletes from 49 countries will participate in 15 sports in the Olympic Festival from 21 to 26 July. 36 sportsmen from Georgia will compete in 9 sports (judo, table tennis, badminton, endurance, swimming, bullet throwing, cycling, taekwondo, gymnastics).
Most of the competitions will be held in Skopje, in several sports in Kumanovo (basketball, road and mountain biking), and gymnasts will compete in Osijek, Croatia.
Sports competitions will start from the morning of July 21. On the first day, seven athletes from the Georgian national team will compete: Daniel Vagarshakiani and Ketevan Tsamalaidze will participate in the badminton tournament, Anastasia Mikelashvili and Sali Shcherbaeva will participate in the qualification swimming in the 100m freestyle, Lizi Mughalashvili will participate in the selection stage of long jumpers, and Sandro Khositashvili and Lizi Agniashvili will participate in the qualification of bullet shooters. I love you.
