An Olympic Esports Video games is being thought-about by the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) board, with an upcoming vote set to determine the end result.
The IOC stated it’s in “superior discussions” with a possible host and an announcement is predicted quickly as soon as “the final formalities” have been finalised.
“With the creation of Olympic Esports Video games, the IOC is taking a serious step ahead and is maintaining with the tempo of the digital revolution,” stated IOC President Thomas Bach.
Esports refers to a spread of aggressive video video games performed by professionals internationally.
Usually hosted in stadiums, occasions are televised and streamed on-line.
In September 2023, China made historical past on the Covid-delayed 2022 Asian Video games once they gained the primary esports gold medal at a multi-sport occasion.
That got here after esports was included as an indication sport on the 2018 Asian Video games in Indonesia.
After that, the IOC launched the ‘Olympic Esports Week’ in Singapore in June 2023, which introduced collectively the Olympic and esports communities.
Esports was not included as an indication sport on the 2024 Paris Olympics regardless of the IOC being “deep in talks” on the matter.