Pau Echaniz, a slalom canoeist competing at the Olympics for Spain, revealed in an interview after winning a bronze medal that he is also “stuck” in bronze in League of Legends. The 23-year-old placed third in the solo slalom event at the on August 1 and revealed afterward that he lost two ranked matches of League of Legends before his run. In an interview with Spanish sports journalist and stream , Echaniz said he isn’t the best at the game and has watched professional matches.
“I’m bronze in LoL and bronze in the Olympic Games. I’m stuck, I can’t get out of it,” he said . The Echaniz’s interview also reached his professed League of Legends idol, Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos, “the best Olympic medalist in history.
” The Olympian said he used to watch Ibai when the streamer was a commentator for the Spanish LoL league, LVP SuperLiga. No me monto en una piragüa hasta que suba a oro On August 5, the bronze medal winner of his competition prize next to a gaming laptop queued for a League of Legends game with another player, presumably in France. In the post, he said he wanted to hit gold rank before getting back into a canoe again.
United States Olympic star Noah Lyles, who is not shy about his and , responded to the post saying he’s also ready to queue up a League game soon. “This bout to be me after the 4x100m,” he said. League of Legends is rumored to be an Olympic event in 2025, as the International Olympic Committee .
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