OREANDA-NEWS. January 15, 2009. From January 16 to 20, International rating tournament of Alpine skiing will be held for the first time in Tsakhkadzor.
 
Around 28 sportsmen from 11 countries will participate in the tournament. On January 17-18 – the competition will be on the special slalom track, and on January 19-20 – on the giant slalom track will be held.
 
The opening ceremony of the tournament will be held on January 16 at 16:00 on the Tsakhkadzor sideway, and the closing ceremony will be held on January 20 at 18:00. The tournament has its own special prize fund.
 
The General Sponsor of the tournament is Armenia’s leading mobile operator VivaCell-MTS. Driven by the belief that sports have its main influence on the country’s health, and being Armenia’s sports’ partner VivaCell-MTS contributed AMD 60 million to the Armenian Ski Federation.