SINGAPORE: The first Olympic Esports Week concluded on Sunday (Jun 25), with Singaporean Nigel Tan becoming the host country’s first Olympic Esports Series winner.
The 14-year-old defeated compatriot Natalie Tor 2-1 in the live finals of the taekwondo event on the last day of the Olympic Esports Series 2023. “It was a tough but good fight.
It was definitely tiring, we trained quite hard for this and it was super tiring, but it was a good fight,” he said. “I think Natalie and (third-placed) Wu Jingyu did super well also.
It feels good that it was an all-Singaporean final and there was so much support. I didn’t expect such a big crowd, I knew there was going to be a big crowd, but I didn’t think it was going to be like packed to the brim.” The Olympics Esports Week was created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Sport Singapore and the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC).