> athletes can participate in other competitions besides the Olympics They can, but almost none of them are even remotely as popular as the Olympics. The only

> athletes can participate in other competitions besides the Olympics They can, but almost none of them are even remotely as popular as the Olympics. The only exceptions are in massive sports (football, in the US american football, hockey, basketball; in countries like India cricket; tennis, F1). For every other sport, the Olympics are the pinnacle and nothing is even remotely comparable.