.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic goliath. The nation has finished near the top of the medal table at every summer season Olympics since 1984, when it opted certainly not to participate in protest at the video games being held in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo games in 2021, when the Russian crew was actually formally disallowed, sportsmens competing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Board managed to gain 71 medals and also end up fifth. However this excellence will certainly certainly not be actually duplicated in Paris. Just a few of Russians were actually welcomed many of all of them have actually declined to complete. Why?