Singaporean wins taekwondo event on final day of inaugural Olympic Esports Week

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Singaporean wins taekwondo event on final day of inaugural Olympic Esports Week
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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

SINGAPORE: The first Olympic Esports Week concluded on Sunday , with Singaporean Nigel Tan becoming the host country’s first Olympic Esports Series winner.

“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. The Olympics Esports Week was created by the International Olympic Committee in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Sport Singapore and the Singapore National Olympic Council .

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