Olympic speed skating champion Svetlana Jourova commented on the creation of the eSports Olympics, noting that the “Games of the Future” are taking place in a similar format.
On June 14, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to create the eSports Olympic Games. The first “Games of the Future” took place in Kazan from February 21 to March 3. The sports program included competitions in 21 disciplines at 10 sports facilities in Kazan and Sochi.
– He asked for it! It was clear that something like this was going to happen. But we were ahead of them, because our “Games of the Future” are taking place in the format that should have been the Olympic format: a combination of sports and games. And now they can’t do that, because it would be like repeating after Russia! We imagined everything, we did it and we executed it,” Jurova said, as quoted by Legalbet.
The IOC president declared in October that he had asked the organization’s specialized commission to study the possibility of creating e-sports Olympic games. According to Bach, virtual sports can help promote the values of excellence, friendship and respect that are at the heart of the Olympic Games.
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