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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Interesting, I guess I look at it the other way. At the WC the margin of error is smaller. Take track, in a race with a diluted field (Olympics) you can afford to have a miss-step. At the WC the field is tighter and therefore the repercussions of a miss-step can be greater. In short at the WC you need to be “on” for every race, at the Olympics you can take an early race “off” or “easy”. Also, in my mind, back to back or three time WC Gold is more impressive than an Olympic gold. The ability to reach and maintain a level of completion across multi years in amazing. At the Olympics you can get someone that peaks at that time, but can’t maintain that level.
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Usain Bolt seems to prize the Olympic golds over his WCs. The fastest man in the world is the Olympic gold winner, not whoever has the current WC.
In the Olympics, the field may be diluted. But it still has all the same top guys as a WC, and since a lot of qualifying rounds are knockout, so a misstep is the same.
Anyway, for whatever reason, the Olympics are seen as more prestigious IMO. Maybe it's just the extra publicity.