Do you know about the eSports（电竞） game？It appeared in America in 1986. It was a game between two children on TV at that time. Then in 1998，a show about a popular video game appeared on TV in the Republic of Korea（韩国）.
The first eSports game becomes an official event at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. It has set up 7 major eSports events with 7 gold medals. However，the eSports game wasn't popular with people before. Not everyone agreed that it was a kind of sport. They didn't think it needed any physical power like other sports. Some people even thought it was a computer game. But it's hard to be an excellent eSports player. First，it needs strong mental power（脑力），the only thing the players do every day is practicing. Usually an eSports player has to spend over ten hours a day practicing on the computer.
Since China's national team won first place in the eSports game in 2018，the eSports game has developed fast in China. According to a study，38%of the young Chinese people under 26 years old want to work as eSports players. They think the work is very fun and exciting. As time flies，an eSports school，an eSports—themed hotel and a training center. At the same time curriculums. More students from these colleges will work for eSports in the future.
Now eSports games are official sports in many countries. One day we might even see eSports games at the Olympic Games.
