.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic giant. The country has actually completed near the best of the medal table at every summer season Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it chose certainly not to join objection at the activities being actually kept in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian crew was officially disallowed, sportsmens completing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee succeeded to win 71 awards as well as finish fifth. However this excellence will certainly certainly not be actually duplicated in Paris. Just a small number of Russians were actually welcomed many of all of them have actually declined to contend. Why?