Both Paris and LA are expected to be awarded with their third Olympic Games at the September meeting, equaling only London. To this end, the three-time former Olympic champion in canoe-slalom, went on to state, "The youth, yes they are interested in e-sports and this kind of thing [gaming]".
Shortly after his inauguration in May, Macron met with the visiting International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission members in Paris when he vowed solid support for the bid and committed to take part in the remaining two scheduled presentations. Let's look at it. Let's meet them.
"We have to look at it because we can't say, 'It's not us".
That being said, in 2022 video gaming will be a full sport at the Asian Games, so even if eSports don't get the Olympic thumbs up, that's a big step forward for gamers.
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He also said that the people who are associated with BJP have been roaming free despite being involved in a number of scams. It's a different issue that the mandate of polls was against them, as BJP-led NDA was defeated badly by the Grand Alliance.
As it presently stands, a formal list of sporting disciplines to be included for the 2024 Olympics will be prepared in 2019.
He also, however, mentioned, "The IOC will have the last say, if they want e-sports on the program". Los Angeles was recently selected to host the event in 2028 instead of 2024. All of this could potentially be leading to eSports' inclusion at the Olympics in 2024. He attributed the June additions of three-on-three basketball and freestyle BMX for the Tokyo Olympics to the committee's push for a "more youthful, more urban" Games.
French officials have acknowledged the International Olympic Committee ultimately has the final say on whether or not esports makes the cut. By then, eSports will have already been a demonstration sport at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, which looms as an important testing ground for the nascent sport on the worldwide stage.
The International 2017, a Dota 2 tournament under way this week in Seattle, is offering a prize pool of almost $24m.
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