.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic goliath. The nation has actually ended up near the leading of the medal desk at every summer season Olympics considering that 1984, when it decided certainly not to participate in objection at the video games being actually held in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian crew was formally disallowed, professional athletes competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee achieved to win 71 medals as well as finish 5th. But this effectiveness will certainly not be actually repeated in Paris. Just a handful of Russians were invited many of all of them have actually rejected to compete. Why?