.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic giant. The country has finished near the leading of the medal desk at every summer season Olympics considering that 1984, when it decided not to take part in protest at the activities being actually held in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian team was formally prohibited, athletes completing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board achieved to win 71 medals as well as finish fifth. But this success is going to certainly not be actually duplicated in Paris. Just a few of Russians were actually welcomed most of them have actually declined to complete. Why?