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Originally Posted by Ullr
I disagree on the winter sports side of this. Winning at the X-Games doesn't even come close to winning an Olympic Gold medal in any winter Skiing/Snowboarding event.
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I'm basing this on the opinion of a couple of snowboarding friends who barely consider the olympics a real snowboarding event
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The olympics have mass appeal and thus you get mass recognition from it. There's a reason why all sports want to be in the olympics. Actual prestige within a sport is more complicated though.