Bosnia's young athletes who will represent the country in the upcoming Olympic youth competition were introduced on Wednesday in the capital of Sarajevo.
Twenty-one athletes will compete in five disciplines of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) 2019 – alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, speed skating, biathlon and snowboard.
“Bosnia and Herzegovina is proud of the project that will evoke emotions and design the future for young people – to make memories and create a vision of how to live. The youth of Europe will come to visit us and that's a good message. Let's do everything to make our youth stay in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to make them excellent,” said Izet Radjo, deputy chairman of Bosnia's Olympic Committee.
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Nina Petrovic, Esma Alic, Aisa Kantardzic, Ajlin Zuhric, Salih Hasanbegovic, Kemal Karic and Strahinja Arnaut and Harun Kunovac will compete in alpine skiing, while Djordje Santrac, Marija Jokic, Andjela Samardzija, Predrag Pantic, Uros Lalovic and Nikola Gavrilovic will represent Bosnia in cross-country skiing.
Six athletes will compete in biathlon – Aleksa Vukovic, Marija Jokic, Andjela Samardzija, Andrija Jugovic, Luka Vreco and Davor Skipina, and three in snowboard – Asja Klacar, Selima Memic and Sumeja Zaimovic.
Sumeja Zaimovic will also represent the flag of Bosnia in speed skating.
The cities of Sarajevo and Istocno Sarajevo (East Sarajevo) will host the EYOF 2019 from February 9 through February 16, and will host 46 teams with 750 young athletes, coaches and other crew members. 150 media crews were registered and thousands of volunteers will help the organisation of this event.
Bosnia's judo fighter Larisa Ceric will light the flame of peace on February 10 at Sarajevo's Olympic stadium Kosevo.
EYOF 2019 is dubbed the most important sports event in Bosnia after the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.
