Daskhistorians·AskHistoriansbyDon_Dickle The USA is one of the most prolific nations in the Olympics. What factors have led to this dominance?View original on lemmy.world2Comments6
PP00ptart lemmy.worldPropaganda. Since I was downvoted, i.e. we pumped a lot of money into our Olympics teams to win as many medals as possible as a sign of strength, to use as propaganda. As did the soviets.4
Money. Sports is big money in the USA.
Populous and rich. See also: China
Money/resources.
Propaganda.
Since I was downvoted, i.e. we pumped a lot of money into our Olympics teams to win as many medals as possible as a sign of strength, to use as propaganda. As did the soviets.
College sports.
Glowy