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title: "Why was success at Olympics important for the USA and USSR ?"  
description: "Why was success at Olympics important for the USA and USSR ?"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-10-23  
updated: 2020-03-18  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51134/why-was-success-at-olympics-important-for-the-usa-and-ussr  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was success at Olympics important for the USA and USSR ?

**Why did the U.S. and Soviet [Union](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1510/union-example-in-sql-server) think [success](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23227/how-to-plan-your-website-redesign-for-success) at the [Olympics](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87523/why-india-didn-t-get-one-gold-medal-in-the-olympics-2024) was important?\** \
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