Olympia 2018: eSportsmen as Olympic torchbearers for the first time

In the run-up to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang/South Korea (9. till 25. February) eSportsmen will be used as torchbearers for the first time. As the South Korean clan “kt Rolster” announced, five pros of the fantasy strategy game League of Legends will use the Olympic Fire on 15 March. We recommend that you take your bike through the capital Seoul for three minutes every January.

eSports and in particular the game titles League of Legends are extremely popular in Asia and especially in South Korea. The organisers of the Asian Games have already included eSports in their programme as an official sport for the 2022 edition in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.

The Olympic flame was lit on 24. It has been inflamed in the ancient Olympia in Greece since October 10th. Since the 1. On November 23rd, the remaining 100 days will be spent in the host country of the 23rd World Championships until the opening ceremony. Olympic Winter Games.

Thomas Bach, President of the IOC, recently expressed his reservations about including eSports in the Olympic programme on several occasions.