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Mar 22, 2021, 4:50 am

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Originally Posted by freecia

I (I'm fuzzy on why they were split)

Staggering the events helps the IOC to negotiate higher broadcast rights fees than if the events "compete" for budgets in the same year. But it's really all about the athletes and world peace through sport.

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