Ninjas in Pyjamas take part in Wings For Life World Run as event raises £7m+

Ninjas in Pyjamas took part in the Wings For Life race

Swedish esports organisation Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) took part in the Wings For Life 2025 World Run on Sunday May 4, a charity event which raised an astonishing €8.6 million (£7.3m) for spinal cord injury research.

The charity event asked runners to start running at the exact same time, regardless of timezone, for 30 minutes before a virtual car catcher begins to race them. Each person’s race finished once they hit their personal target or the virtual car caught them, whichever happened first.

Ninjas in Pyjamas enlisted the help of 169 members of the organisation, including staff and pro players, to participate in the race. Some of those pros from the UK including EA Sports FC player-turned-coach Owen “Venny” Venn, CS2 pro Mia “aiM” Cooper from the Impact team, and Twitch streamer Paige “Padge” Thomas who used to compete in Valorant.

Together, they raised a wonderful £1,754.18 towards the aforementioned total and ran an impressive collective distance of just under 162 kilometres, earning the team a very respectable global ranking of 1,663. The race featured 310,719 participants overall who ran 2,639,348.18 km in total.

The org’s staff member Ludvig Bergqvist was the best performer for the team with a superb effort of 22.4 km at the official Stockholm event while out of the pro players, Samuel “MahaR” Horáček from NiP’s Young Ninjas Counter-Strike academy and Street Fighter 6 pro Vegard “Veggey” Kopangen Bugge were the strongest performers with 4.6km and 1km ran respectively.

Many of NiP’s players took part as their CS2, Impact CS, Young Ninjas, Apex Legends, EA FC, Rainbow Six Siege, Rocket League, and Street Figther 6 rosters all took part. That includes NiP’s former CS:GO in-game leader Richard “Xizt” Landström and one of the best CS players ever Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg.

All Ninjas in Pyjamas esports pros and team members who took part in Wings for Life World Run 2025 charity event

NiP pros and staff ran almost 162 km
NiP pros and staff ran almost 162 km in total to raise over £1.7k

NIP Counter-Strike:

  • Rafael “arrozdoce” Wing
  • Michel “ewjerkz” Magalhães
  • Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg
  • “linda”
  • Rasmus “sjuush” Beck
  • Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer
  • Daniel “sprayxd” Kogan
  • “troels”
  • Richard “Xizt” Landström

Impact Counter-Strike:

  • Mia “aiM” Cooper
  • Niels Christian “NaToSaphiX” Sillassen
  • Naomi “Nayomy” Janssen
  • Kiara “Qiyarah” Janssen
  • Anna “ramziiN” Ramsing
  • Ksenia “vilga” Klyuenkova

Young Ninjas

  • Maoz “BluePho3nix” Paz
  • “hechitikal”
  • Jacob “jocab” Nerheden
  • Samuel “MahaR” Horáček
  • Gareth “MisteM” Ries
  • Rūdolfs “rud” Osmanis
  • Rasmus “Zitte” Gustafsson

Apex Legends

  • Miran “Amphy” Garib
  • Casper “Gnaske” Præstensgaard
  • Ali “Naghz” Naghawi
  • Elias “raven” Ghribi

EA FC

  • Olle “Ollelito” Arbin
  • Owen “Venny” Venn

Rocket League

  • Amine “itachi” Benayachi
  • Nassim “nass” Bali
  • Oskar “Oski” Gozdowski
  • Nicolai “Snaski” Vistesen

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

  • Daniel “dan” Maciel De Souza
  • Diogo “FntzyDutra” Lima Britto da Silva
  • Raul “kondz” Romão
  • Gabriel “Hatez” Eduardo Kobuszewski
  • Gabriel Fernandes “pino” Meliato Paravizo
  • Gustavo “wizard” Gomes

Street Fighter 6

  • Joel “Juicyjoe” Sundell
  • Arman “Phenom” Hanjani
  • Vegard “Veggey” Kopangen Bugge