Pau Echaniz is a Spanish canoe slalom athlete who won the bronze medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Besides his sports career, he also has a passion for video games, especially League of Legends.
Which athlete is being talked about? This refers to the Spanish athlete Pau Echaniz, who not only has a great passion for his sport but also for video games.
He is a canoe slalom athlete and participated in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. There he was able to secure the bronze medal, but before that, he had to endure a setback in League of Legends.
Bronze in LoL and at the Olympic Games
What happened to Pau before his competition? In an interview with marca.com, the athlete talks about his daily routines. Pau Echaniz reported that he is an enthusiastic LoL player. He enjoys the game so much that he played ranked matches before his competition at the Olympic Games.
Unfortunately, he lost both of these games and is also bronze there. In the interview, he mentions that this motivated him even more for his competition, allowing him to focus even more on it. He says further in the interview: I am bronze in LoL and bronze at the Olympic Games. I just can’t get out of it.
Community reactions: The community finds the athlete’s situation amusing. For many players, it seems quite unusual that a professional athlete is also trying to rank up in League of Legends.
For instance, user controlwarriorlives
writes on Reddit that he imagines what it would be like if he were in a ranked game and a 0/5 Garen disconnects because he has to participate in the Olympic Games
. Other users also find this idea very amusing. User ThePrehistoricpotato
writes on Reddit: Be right back, Towerdive irl.
Pau Echaniz is not the only athlete at the Olympic Games with a passion for video games and animes. Another athlete went even further and expressed his passion for One Piece during his competition appearance: An athlete at the Olympic Games loves One Piece, motivates himself with a pose from Luffy
