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2026 Winter Olympics: Snowboarding and the Olympic Games. an Attraction for Young People that Has Lost a Piece of Its Soul

Summary by iDNES.cz
Nagano 1998 will forever be associated with the hockey tournament for Czechs. But it meant much more for the sports world. The Winter Olympics changed forever when they welcomed snowboarding into the program. An exotic sport, at least that's how many people saw it at the time. Snowboarders were perceived and portrayed as disruptors in Japan. "They are the official curiosity of the games. Completely new. They look different, they sound different,…
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Nagano 1998 will forever be associated with the hockey tournament for Czechs. But it meant much more for the sports world. The Winter Olympics changed forever when they welcomed snowboarding into the program. An exotic sport, at least that's how many people saw it at the time. Snowboarders were perceived and portrayed as disruptors in Japan. "They are the official curiosity of the games. Completely new. They look different, they sound different,…

·Čestlice, Czechia
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iDNES.cz broke the news in Čestlice, Czechia on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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