.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic giant. The nation has actually completed near the leading of the medal desk at every summer Olympics considering that 1984, when it chose not to join demonstration at the games being actually held in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian team was formally outlawed, sportsmens contending under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Board succeeded to succeed 71 medals and also complete fifth. But this success will definitely not be actually duplicated in Paris. Just a small number of Russians were welcomed most of them have actually declined to compete. Why?