Video: Ax1Le

Watch a highlight reel of Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov's best moments from IEM Summer 2021, where the 19-year-old earned his second MVP award.

Ax1Le was named the Most Valuable Player of IEM Summer 2021 after he helped Gambit to a first place finish in the event, in which they took home a convincing victory in a three-map affair over OG in the grand final.

Ax1Le earns his second career MVP award, and his second of the year

The Russian rifler topped the leaderboard in two key categories - clutches won (11) and total opening kills (58) - while placing among the top five in nine others, including KDD (+95), Damage Difference per Round (+19.6), Kills per Round (0.84), and Success in Opening Duels (68.2%).

Press play below to watch a highlight reel - created by Radosław "MAKKU" Makuch - of Ax1Le's best individual moments from Gambit's run through the tournament:

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OG #10 Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiShahar 'flameZ' Shushan Gambit #1 Sergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Age: 19 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 760 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63