.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The country has finished near the leading of the award desk at every summer Olympics because 1984, when it decided certainly not to participate in protest at the activities being actually composed Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian group was actually formally prohibited, sportsmens contending under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Board managed to win 71 medals and also end up fifth. However this effectiveness will not be duplicated in Paris. Merely a handful of Russians were actually invited much of all of them have actually rejected to complete. Why?