would you rather be a world champion or an olympic champion and why?

[dove]

m having a conversation with my not so better half and just wondered which is best.... If I won 99 races/sporting events out of a hundred and he won just one that was for the olympics , would I not be the real champ?

[dove]

yes you can but if you had a race against someone and beat them 99 times out of a hundred and they beat u in the olympics, who is the true champion?

[joggerjayne]

Doesn't it depend on the sport?

The sports that are "true" Olympic events ... eg track and field ...

... being Olympic champion is the ultimate.

No number of world championships could ever match the glory of being the Olympic 400m Gold Medal winner.

But, if you're a boxer, or a volleyball player, being world champion would be more important.

Personally, I don't think any sport should be in the Olympics unless an Olympic Gold is the ultimate prize. So Tennis shouldn't be in the Olympics, because most tennis players would rather win Wimbledon than win the Olympics. But a track athlete would rather win the Olympics than anything else.

[237SJ]

World champion every time

[dove]

very very VERY good ans Jane x

[joggerjayne]

=0)

[pa___ul3]

sports revolve around tournaments, so Olympic champion would probably edge it for me, you may have beaten me the other 99 times but I'd have handled the pressure on the big occasion to pull it out of the bag! That'd be me standing there on the top podium with the gold medal around my neck as they play the national anthem!

[karlyau]

There's a nice question to think!
I would say that I would love to be a World Champion Boxer (though that would mean holding all of the belts!) but an Olympic 100m champion!
Joggerjayne - has answered very nicely above as well - regarding what should be in the olympics.
Also, in the old days the Olympics was always Ameteur, and i wish it all was again - Now I think Boxing is probably the only truly ameteur event.