CGTN Sports Talk: What does Olympic Virtue Series mean for eSports?

CGTN Sports Talk EP48 OVS.mp3

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week announced a new event, the Olympic Virtue Series (OVS), which will be held before the Tokyo Olympics. Judging by its name and the fact that two video games, eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 and Gran Turismo, will be part of the competition, it's only natural to connect the OVS with eSports.

Thomas Bach, president of the IOC, has said more than once that he does not support eSports being added to the Olympics, at least not now. Is the OVS a sign that things are changing? Will it lead to the beginning of historic changes of both the Olympics and eSports?

League of Legends final between China and South Korea at the demonstration event in the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 29, 2018. /CFP

Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan. /CFP

Host: Li Xiang

Guest: Gong Zhe

Cover designer: Feng Yuan

Chief editor: Chen Ran

Supervisor: Zhang Shilei