2023-06-23 21:36:33
His swaying hips and his sense of rhythm seduced the jury. Amandine Morisset, alias “TheFairyDina” was crowned Olympic champion of Just Dance during the very first edition of the Olympic Games of e-sport this Friday in Singapore. Launched in 2009 by the French Ubisoft, this video game consists of reproducing choreographies that parade on the screen.
According to the competition’s official website, the final was held over three legs. The Frenchwoman won the jury’s vote from the first song then “also granted herself the second song of the final, which allowed her to be assured of leaving Singapore as the first winner of the Olympic Series of e- sports”, relates the competition website.
“It’s for all the women who play video games, who play Just Dance. You are capable, you are worth it. This game is amazing. He changed my life in the most beautiful way. I couldn’t be prouder, it’s a dream,” said the 30-year-old who juggles in life between her passion and a position as a research engineer at the National Institute for Demographic Studies.
She discovered the game thanks to her little cousins
“I discovered Just Dance in 2009. Little cousins had brought it to a family celebration”, she delivered to Parisian in 2017. In 2014, when Ubisoft launched the first competitions in France, she decided to launch . “I didn’t take it seriously right away. But it fell when I got into sports, Zumba, bodybuilding. I found myself on a stage dancing in front of thousands of people, ”said the Parisian in our columns. Triple champion of France, and vice world champion, this Olympic gold medal was missing from the prize list of “Dina”.
Today, the champion is followed by a large community on social networks. “It’s for you,” she said on Friday after her victory. “Whether I win or lose, I wanted to keep dancing on Just Dance (…) for my amazing community,” she added. These first e-sport Olympics have been held since June 22 and are due to last until June 25.
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