.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic giant. The country has completed near the leading of the medal table at every summertime Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it opted not to participate in demonstration at the video games being actually held in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo games in 2021, when the Russian crew was actually formally disallowed, professional athletes contending under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Board succeeded to gain 71 medals and also finish fifth. However this effectiveness will certainly certainly not be repeated in Paris. Merely a few of Russians were actually invited a number of all of them have rejected to complete. Why?