.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic goliath. The country has actually finished near the leading of the award table at every summer months Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it decided not to participate in objection at the activities being actually composed Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian crew was actually formally banned, sportsmens competing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Committee succeeded to win 71 awards and end up fifth. But this success is going to not be redoed in Paris. Only a handful of Russians were welcomed many of them have actually rejected to contend. Why?