The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced details of the Olympic Esports Series 2023, a global virtual and simulated sports competition created by the IOC in collaboration with international sports federations and game publishers. The games features the following nine sports:
- archery (World Archery Federation, Tic Tac Bow)
- baseball (World Baseball Softball Confederation, WBSC eBaseball: Power Pros)
- chess (International Chess Federation, Chess.com)
- cycling (UCI, Zwift)
- dance (World DanceSport Federation, JustDance)
- motor sport (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, Gran Turismo)
- sailing (World Sailing, Virtual Regatta)
- taekwondo (World Taekwondo, Virtual Taekwondo)
- tennis (International Tennis Federation, Tennis Clash).
Both professional and amateur players from around the world can take part in qualification rounds across a host of the featured games. The competition started online on March 1 and will culminate in live, in-person finals at the Singapore Suntec Center on June 22-25. The finals will be streamed globally across Olympics.com and Olympic social channels.
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