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By Noah Silomba
The National anthem has been sung with honour and dignity at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe Malawi after Zambia minted its first gold medal at the AUSC Region 5 Youth Games.
The medal has been won by Lusungu Chilembo who beat Malawi’s Frank Nkunika 4-1 in an E-sports street fight.
Further, Zambia has recorded a silver medal in E-sports football through Jonathan Mwala who lost to Malawi’s Jones Masiye in a 3-1.
Gold medalist in E-sports street fight Lusungu Chilembo says it’s amazing to win gold for Zambia adding that the fight was not easy. And silver medalist in E-sports football Jonathan Mwala congratulated his opponent for winning and said in every game there is a win and a loss.
Meanwhile, E-sports Zambia coordinator Dickson Jere who witnessed the games and medal presentation applauded the two athletes for their respective performances.
Jere says the future is E-sports and says this is just the beginning for Zambia to start participating in several competitions such as the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games.
Earlier in the day AUSC Region 5 Chief Executive Officer Stanley Mutoya disclosed that E-sports if well utilised it will help many athletes transform into professional players. He added that the region wants to embrace e-sport and looks forward to 2024 when Maputo will host the next games.
Zambia now has four medals (1) gold in E-sports street fight, (1) silver in E-sports football, (1) silver in taekwondo and (1) bronze in taekwondo.
The games were supposed to be played by Malawi, South Africa and Zambia but only two did.
