(Bloomberg) – It may not be an Olympic  event, but when it comes to attracting cash from investors in exchange-traded funds, Japan and China are taking home the medals.

Buyers have poured almost $800 million into U.S.-listed ETFs tracking international equities this year through Feb. 20, according to Bloomberg data.

That's a 4.3 percent jump in the strategies' market capitalization, compared to a 0.3 percent rise in the market cap of funds tracking domestic equities.

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