South Korea is an eSports powerhouse and Park has been chosen to compete in survival horror recreation Id V on the Asian Video games in Nagoya and the broader Aichi space from September 19 to October 4.
The 23-year-old Park, the one girl in South Korea’s staff of 36 eSports rivals heading to Japan, mentioned she wished to “go all out and don’t have any regrets”.
“Since I’m the primary I really feel an ideal duty to pave the best way for different girls athletes who love taking part in video games as a lot as I do,” mentioned Park, who majored in taekwondo in faculty.
South Korea’s formidable staff will probably be spearheaded by celebrity gamer Lee Sang-hyeok.
Higher referred to as Faker, he was a part of the South Korea staff that gained gold in League of Legends on the 2023 Asian Video games in China’s Hangzhou.
“Because the South Korean folks have excessive hopes for the eSports class I wish to fulfil that hope and provides them again pleasure and honour,” he mentioned.
“I’ll do my highest in my function to make sure that our staff wins the championship and brings again the gold medal.”
South Korea gained two golds, one silver and one bronze on the 2023 Asian Video games, when eSports made its debut as an official medal occasion.
They had been second within the medals desk behind China.
The variety of eSports occasions has risen for this yr’s Asian Video games, with 13 totally different video games being utilized in competitors.
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