Favourites South Korea breezes through first day of League of Legends competition in Asian Games esports

Asian Games - Hangzhou 2022 - E-Sports - China Hangzhou Esports Centre, Hangzhou, China - September 25, 2023 An audience member poses with cosplay artists outside the venue. - Reuters

HANGZHOU, China (AP): South Korea's League of Legends team breezed through its first day of esports competition Monday at the Asian Games, bolstered by a strong performance by top player Lee Sang-hyeok.

Lee, better known in the online gaming world as "Faker,” and his four teammates beat Hong Kong to open the day and then dispatched Kazakhstan in a one-sided match that lasted only about 17 minutes in an esport where tournament games are often double that.