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Kennedy Caacbay

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1723376347594maxine ig.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Fil-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban in the Paris 2024 Olympics. <em>Photo from her Instagram account</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA – Paris 2024 Olympian Maxine Esteban not only excels in fencing, but she is also superb at playing the computer game Dota 2.</p><p>The World No. 27 fencer revealed recently that, aside from fencing, she&#x27;s also spending time playing Dota 2 and has achieved the Immortal rank, the game&#x27;s highest medal.</p><p>Asked what roles she plays in the game, Esteban said she&#x27;s playing support and midlaner and likes to use the heroes Windranger, Witch Doctor, and Ogre Magi.</p><p>The foilist, who represented Ivory Coast in the Paris Games, said she started playing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was her father who taught the younger Esteban to play.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/3/olympic-bound-maxine-esteban-rises-to-world-no-27-1620"><strong>READ: Olympic-bound Maxine Esteban rises to world No. 27</strong></a></div><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/17/guidance-of-italian-maestro-a-boost-for-world-no-27-maxine-esteban-2305"><strong>READ: Paris 2024: Guidance of Italian maestro a confidence boost for World No. 27 Maxine Esteban</strong></a></div><p>&quot;[Nag-start ako maglaro] during pandemic. Kasi &#x27;yung daddy ko, nagdo-Dota. So tinuruan niya ako mag-Dota. &#x27;Yun &#x27;yung family bonding namin,&quot; Esteban told ABS-CBN News during watch brand Casio G-Shock&#x27;s launch event on Friday at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/9/dwight-ramos-unveiled-as-product-partner-of-a-watch-brand-051" id="isPasted"><strong>READ: Dwight Ramos unveiled as product partner of a watch brand</strong></a></div><p>&quot;During COVID, walang training nung time na &#x27;yon. So the whole day kami naglalaro.&quot;</p><p>The grind didn&#x27;t stop for Esteban as she achieved the peak of ranked matchmaking points that time. &quot;Everyday kami naglalaro, hanggang 5 a.m.,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;Every time na naglalaro kami, super happy kami. It&#x27;s one of my most memorable moments in my life.&quot;</p><p>Esteban also shared that she also plays Mobile Legends: Bang Bang with her sister, Mia.</p><p>Guess what<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">—</span>she also achieved the best medal in that video game, the Mythic rank at 10 stars.</p><p>&quot;Kasi sa Germany, &#x27;pag wala kaming magawa, &#x27;pag nagre-rest kami from training, naglalaro kami.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/5/24/paris-bound-maxine-esteban-anta-renew-partnership-1337"><strong>READ: Paris-bound Maxine Esteban, ANTA Philippines renew partnership<br/></strong></a></div><p>The Philippine-born foilist bowed out of the Games after loss to <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">French bet Pauline Ranvier,</span> 7-15, in the table of 32 at women&#x27;s individual foil competition on July 28.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/28/esteban-on-quick-paris-exit-i-could-ve-made-philippines-cote-divoire-proud-2014" id="isPasted"><strong>READ: Maxine Esteban on quick Paris exit: &#x27;I could&#x27;ve made Philippines, Côte d&#x27;Ivoire proud&#x27;</strong></a></div><p>Esteban had mixed emotions following the conclusion of her Olympic journey and told ABS-CBN News that &quot;I always felt like I could win for them and make both my homes proud.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GtUaLPGgFkY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Paris 2024 Olympian Maxine Esteban not only excels in fencing, but she is also superb in playing the computer game Dota 2.</p>

Paris 2024 Olympian Maxine Esteban not only excels in fencing, but she is also superb in playing the computer game Dota 2.

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This Paris Olympian is Immortal rank in Dota 2

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published Aug 12, 2024 06:00 AM PHT

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Updated Aug 12, 2024 02:19 PM PHT

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