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Videogames in the Olympics? Olympic Athletes Sound Off | Wired.com

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Shane   Jul 20th 2009, 10:08pm
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NEW YORK — Many competitive gamers have said that they’d like to one day see videogames added to the Olympics. But what do actual Olympic athletes have to say about it?

At a photo shoot in Manhattan for Sega’s upcoming game based on the 2010 winter games in Vancouver, Wired.com asked the four athletes that will appear on the game’s cover the same question: Should videogames become an Olympic sport?

The athletes were evenly divided between gamers and non-gamers: U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn loves her Nintendo DS, and Canadian snowboarder Matthew Morison is a self-professed “Xbox 360 fanboy.”

On the other hand, U.S. snowboarder Seth Wescott and Canadian speed skater Kristina Groves identified as “non-gamers.”

What were their takes on this proposal? Read on and find out.

 

Seth Wescott, 33, U.S. snowboarder:

“I’d have to disagree with (the idea that gaming should be......

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