winning medals.It has certainly been a turbulent

The motto of this World Championships has become expect the unexpected, and Counter Logic Gaming continued that trend Sunday night with possibly the biggest upset of the tournament, taking down the favorite to win the Summoners Cup, ROX Tigers. The North Americans bounced back from an upset on the opposite end against CIS Albus Nox Luna to take an early lead against the Tigers and never look back.ESPN spoke to Darshan Darshan Upadhyaya following the win.I really feel like there are a lot of teams that can potentially win Worlds, said Darshan. Anything can happen any game depending on the draft and the mentality you come into the game with. I feel like we had a better draft and a better mentality than ROX coming into that game, so we kind of just swept them in the early game. Huhi really popped off.With the unpredictable results from the group stages, Darshan believes that the gap is closing. I think this is the year you can really see it with every team having been defeated once except for SKT [Editors Note: SKT lost its game against Flash Wolves during this interview]. I think there is a chance SKT goes out of their group [with a loss], and even if they [dont], theyre not a huge step above all the other teams. Its a really interesting Worlds, and I think itll make the whole esports scene better for the viewers and the players, because not only can the players really believe anything can happen in the games, but the fans can also see that the games arent one-sided. The wins cant be really that predictable. Its really cool to see whats happening this Worlds so far.CLG finished the first round-robin of the group stage in a three-way tie for first place alongside the Tigers and ANX with a score of 2-1, while European champion G2 Esports is stuck at the bottom without a single win in three tries.I think if any team wants to leave Aurelion Sol up against us, its a pretty big mistake, he said, talking about the champion which starred in the center of CLGs composition against ROX. As you can see what happened to ROX Tigers.I think people like to make quick judgements. Everyone has to make a quick judgement about players and people, he said, taking about the criticism Huhi has received throughout the year. What happens is the perception started that Huhi was a bad player -- Huhi LOL, [or] Huhi Azir LOL and things like that -- but I actually believe Huhi is a really good player, and hes got a lot of other champions that hes really good at, not just Aurelion Sol.Even when Huhi makes great plays, Darshan says, its regarded as OK by the general public. But he was able to shine this game, and I think were going to see more performances from him like this going into the rest of Worlds.Last year, CLG was also 2-1 after the first week of Worlds, yet, when the second week came, everything came crashing down to send them out of the tournament with a 2-4 record. What does Darshan think the team needs to do to avoid a consecutive week two collapse?I just think its ironing out our draft and ironing our preparation for the game, he said. We came into the ROX game really prepared, we came into the G2 game really prepared, and I felt like since we hadnt seen much of ANX and we werent really sure what they were going to play, we were kinda unprepared. We werent too sure of what strategies they had to pull out, and I felt we were at a lower level as a team against ANX. So I think next time we play them, well definitely make sure before the games start we have everything prepared and are in the right mindset. So we dont throw the game or make any huge blunders because its really important we beat ANX.Darshan doesnt have much to say to the people overlooking Counter Logic Gaming. Even if other teams -- Team SoloMid, SK Telecom T1 and ROX Tigers -- are hyped, he doesnt mind. I still feel like we can win Worlds, he said.At the same time, he understands the criticism that might come with such a lofty statement. It all depends on that game, that moment, how much we put into it beforehand and if were ready to win. 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Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford has claimed he is risking permanent hearing loss in his left ear by continuing to compete.The 29-year-old revealed the whiplash injury he suffered in his last competition -- the Birmingham Diamond League a month ago -- had caused a severe inner ear condition.And he admitted that if it was not an Olympic year, with the chance in Rio to defend the title he won at London 2012, he would likely be taking time away from the sport to get the problem fixed.Rutherford said there was a one in four chance that the problem, called cochlea hydrops, would become a life-long affliction.The Milton Keynes athlete, who also revealed he had been hospitalised with appendicitis back in April, accepted he did not know how the ear problem would affect his jumping ahead of his comeback at the European Championships in Amsterdam on Wednesday.I knew I shouldnt have jumped in Birmingham because I felt really stiff, Rutherford said.If the room falls silent for a moment all I hear is loud white noise, so its been a struggle to sleep. Ive gone from hearing in stereo to mono.Its odd because during your career you work to put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it for the rest of your life, but Ill just have to take that risk.I dont think there are many long jumpers who can say they have jumped so hard that have lost their hearing, so Ive broken new grounnd there.ddddddddddddHopefully it will come back, but theres a one in four chance it never will fully recover, according to the doctor. Its quite scary to hear that, because you always get told theres a one in 20,000 chance or a one in a million chance.I hope it wont affect my jumping, but its certainly not fun. It does bring you down. If it wasnt Olympic year I would quite possibly be taking some time out to get it sorted. But I like winning medals.It has certainly been a turbulent year for Rutherford, who explained how he has also had to recover from appendicitis.I woke up with chronic pain in my stomach and that then progressed, he said.It was probably the worst pain I have ever had in my life. It was two weeks before I jumped 8.30 metres in Long Beach [on April 16], so it doesnt seem to have affected me too much.I went to the hospital and before anyone had even examined me five different people had asked for money. They were quoting 20,000 US dollars to stay overnight, but Im not sure if that was even necessary so I just had antibiotics. Luckily it went away and theres nothing to suggest it will be a recurring problem.Rutherford, whose nine-competition winning streak was ended last time out in Birmingham, will be hoping for less drama when he returns to the runway. ' ' '