The Bosnian and Herzegovina team is preparing to travel to Georgia, where the XVII Winter European Youth Olympic Festival - EYOF will begin on Sunday, February 9, 2025, in Bakuriani.

This sporting event will bring together around 1,000 young athletes from all over Europe, including athletes from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This year, our country is represented by Srđan Lalović, biathlon and Nordic skiing, and Liv Ella Candler, figure skating. The coaches accompanying the team are Bojan Minić (biathlon and Nordic skiing) and Zara Husedžinović (figure skating), while the head of mission of the BiH team is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dejana Planinčić.

The BiH team was greeted by the President of the BiH Olympic Committee, Academician Prof. Dr. Izet Rađo, who wished them good luck on the sports fields during the XVII edition of the Winter EYOF.

Schedule of performances of BiH Team EYOF Bakuriani:

Srđan Lalović:

Biathlon
10.02.2025 u 10:00h, 12,5 km individual
14.02.2025 u 10:00h, 7,5 km sprint

Cross Country
15.02.2025 u 10:00h, sprint free

Liv Ella Candler:

Figure Skating
12.02.2025. od 14:00 do 19:00h, short program
13.02.2025 od 15:00 do 20:30h, free program

The 17th Winter European Youth Olympic Festival will be held in Bakuriani, Georgia from 9 to 16 February 2025.

This will be the first time that Georgia has hosted a winter edition of the EYOF, and the second time it has hosted the event after the summer edition in Tbilisi in 2015.  In addition to Bakuriani, competitions will also be held in Batumi and Tbilisi. Although the EYOF officially starts on 9 February, the girls' ice hockey tournament starts on 6 February.

The European Youth Olympic Festival is steeped in Olympic tradition: from the lighting of the flame, the opening and closing ceremonies, to the oath-taking of athletes and officials. The EYOF symbolically unites the youth of Europe and allows top young athletes to get their first taste of what an Olympic event looks like, while also encouraging young people to engage in sport and lead a healthy lifestyle.

We would like to remind you that the 2019 European Winter Youth Olympic Festival was also held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was hosted by the City of Sarajevo and the City of East Sarajevo.