Olympic Flame is in Georgia.

Olympic Flame lighting ceremony was held at the stadium of “Panathinaikos”, Athens. The national anthems of Georgia and Greece were performed at the ceremony. Then, Olympic Flame was handed to Georgian Olympic champion in judo Lasha Shavdatuashvili.

The Olympic Flame arrived in the Batumi airport by special aircraft. Aleksi Akhvlediani, Chairman of Organizing Committee of “Tbilisi 2015” and Olympic champion Leri Khabelov lit the first torch. Finally, veteran Georgian football player Revaz Chelebadze will take the Flame to the Piazza Square, where the concert is scheduled at 22:00.

European Youth Olympic Festival will take place in Tbilisi from July 26 until August 1. 4000 sportsmen of 50 countries will take part in it. Youth Olympiad’s opening ceremony will be held on July 26 at Mikheil Meskhi stadium.