.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic goliath. The country has ended up near the leading of the award desk at every summer Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it decided not to take part in demonstration at the activities being held in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian staff was actually officially disallowed, professional athletes completing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board succeeded to win 71 medals and end up fifth. But this results will certainly certainly not be actually duplicated in Paris. Only a few of Russians were actually invited most of all of them have refused to contend. Why?