But in the early stages of skiing's biggest non-Olympic event, there has been an uneasy shift for the dominant European skiing establishment.

Just like 25 metre center-fire pistol, standard pistol is a non-Olympic event and so gains little attention.

National teams generally take less interest in the non-Olympic events, as the Olympic events are considered the "premier" events.

Saturday's program generated a 17.0 preliminary overnight Nielsen rating, the highest such rating for a non-Olympic figure-skating event.

(On the national level, there may be finals even in some non-Olympic events, such as 50 metre rifle prone for women.)

All events which are held in senior championships are included in the junior championships including non-Olympic events.

The former cannot be used commercially by non-Olympic events, such as in merchandise.

The following tables contain only Olympic events, although many non-Olympic events are still held.

There is a first time for everything, and tonight's meet here is the initial non-Olympic event to come complete with odds, with only win betting allowed.

The following year, taekwondo was one of the primary events in the World Games, an international competition specifically for non-Olympic events.