.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic goliath. The nation has actually ended up near the top of the medal table at every summer Olympics considering that 1984, when it opted not to take part in protest at the video games being kept in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian crew was officially banned, athletes competing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Board succeeded to win 71 medals and end up fifth. But this excellence will definitely not be actually duplicated in Paris. Just a few of Russians were welcomed a lot of them have actually rejected to contend. Why?