The year 2021 is drawing to a close. This year cybersport has moved one step closer to being recognised by the IOC to become an Olympic Games programme in the future. Early in 2022, the Asian Games unveiled a list of cyber sports disciplines that have been approved by the Asian Olympic Council.
These games will bring cyber sports even closer to worldwide recognition. It also means that it is only a matter of time before cyber sports become a subject of study in schools, institutes and universities.
It is also generally accepted that cyber sport is more suited to the younger generation. As in traditional sport, it is easier to achieve meaningful results at a young age and, on average, development in this area ends by the age of 27-28 due to 'old age sport'.
But is that really the case? Today we take a look at a few people who, even at an advanced age, have been able to achieve results in the cybersport arena.
The oldest players in eSports
Uwe Lönger is a 61-year-old cyber sportsman from Germany. He may not have won huge sums of money, but he does have some powder in his guts. Uwe loves to spend time in driving simulators, which have online competitions. Unfortunately Uwe is not a high achiever and has only earned $15 in the competition, taking 4th place in the Ferrari Challenge 2018 PRO. But the German player tries not to miss out on all kinds of tournaments in the racing series: V8 Supercars, Nascar, The SCCA, Formula Renault 2.0, The Volksvagen Jetta TDI Cup and Formula Renault 2.0
Chris Bond is 56 years old. One might think that achieving a high score at such an age is impossible. But this American has won the only Decent 3 championship, the grand prize of which was an impressive sum of $50,000.
Lim Yo-hwan is 41 years old. The Korean under the nickname Boxer is very famous in his homeland. He started his career in Starcraft, a strategy game that has been the origin of many disciplines in cybersport. Lim Yo is still the only two-time world cybersports champion (WCG)
Daigo Umehara is 41 years old. Daigo is recognised by the community as the greatest fighter of all time. Despite his age, Daigo continues to play Guilty Gear and Street Fighter at a high level and compete in tournaments. Umehara is the only athlete to have been drawn in manga for his life.
Wiktor Wojtas is 35 years old. The player, known as TaZ, is an old-school CS player and a true legend on the Polish eSports scene. Although the transition to the new CS:GO was not easy for Wiktor, he decided not to give up the game. In 2014 Wojtas joined the Virtus.pro team and claimed a resounding victory at ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014.
Zhang Zhicheng is 32 years old. Known as LaNm, Zhang has had a distinguished career in both the major tournaments and The International. Zhang has achieved great results in Dota 2, but due to the fact that he often burned out, he constantly changed positions and teams. He even announced the end of his cyber sports career several times, but always came back. In 2017, when Jicheng had already been the coach of Vici Gaming for a long time, he decided to suddenly return to cybersport as a player. Although he failed to make an epic comeback, Zhang joined Team Aster, where he still plays to this day.
Submitted December 25, 2021 at 10:05AM by Mjolnirir https://ift.tt/3ErZqlN
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