eSports has been named as a full medal event for the 2022 Asian Games in a major step towards the mainstream for a sport that has long harbored Olympic ambitions.
eSports and breakdancing were both included in the program for the Games in Hangzhou, China, at the Olympic Council of Asia’s general assembly in Muscat this week.
“I hope that electronic sports will add value to the Asian Games — and I am sure it will in the future, during the Asian Games 2022 and even beyond that,” the OCA’s Asian Games director, Haider Farman, said in a statement on Friday.
eSports was a popular demonstration event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, and a medal sport at last year’s Southeast …
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