"Flawless" Undefeated Champions... LOL National Team Secures 2nd Consecutive Asian Games Title

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The e스포츠 League of Legends national team has once again proven its status as the world's best, claiming the top spot for the second consecutive time following the previous Hangzhou Games. They secured a flawless victory by defeating their final opponent, Taiwan, through a series of dramatic comeback performances.

Reporter Yu Byeongmin has the story from the scene.

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Starting two hours before the final, fans from various Asian countries lined up at the venue entrance to cheer for our players, forming a seemingly endless queue.

[Chinese Fan: Flight tickets from China to Japan were expensive, and it cost around 2 million won.]

[Japanese Fan: Faker and Keria, we love you, fighting!]

Leaving the packed crowd in suspense, the final match started 40 minutes later than scheduled due to a system glitch. However, our players thrilled the fans with breathtaking victories by pulling off comebacks in every set.

Although they trailed Taiwan until the middle of the first set, they staged a comeback powered by Zeka (Kim Geon-woo) and Zeus (Choi Woo-jae). In the second set, they overturned the game in a single sweep with a triple kill by Gumayusi (Lee Min-hyung).

When the opponent's base was destroyed in the final third set and victory was confirmed, the players embraced each other to savor the joy.

Achieving a 3-0 shutout win, the national team captured their second consecutive gold medal following the Hangzhou Games, displaying flawless performance without dropping a single set across all five matches of the tournament.

[Kim Geon-woo (Zeka) / LoL National Team Player: I feel so honored to wear the Taegeuk mark and put the gold medal around my neck. Because I played with the absolute mindset that we had to win, I was able to maintain my concentration until the end, and things turned out really well.]

[Lee Sang-hyeok (Faker) / LoL National Team Player: I think the journey, experiences, and processes we went through running toward the gold medal were very meaningful.]

To the rumors about the Asian Games expulsion raised during the competition and the lingering negative views toward e스포츠, the players responded as follows.

[Lee Min-hyung (Gumayusi) / LoL National Team Player: I believe that as long as there are cheering crowds, players working hard within that environment, and moving emotions and stories, it can be a sport.]

There were no surprises.

Led by Faker, our national team boasted the world's strongest skills, grandly decorating the finale of e스포츠 at this tournament.

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Ha Jee-min, a living legend of South Korean sailing, clinched first place in the men's dinghy, washing away the disappointment of his silver medal from the previous Hangzhou Games to harvest his fourth career Asian Games gold medal.

(Video by Choi Dae-woong | Video Editing by Park Choon-bae | Graphics by Hwang Se-yeon)
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