.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has actually finished near the leading of the medal table at every summer Olympics because 1984, when it decided not to take part in protest at the video games being actually held in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian group was officially outlawed, athletes competing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Committee succeeded to win 71 awards as well as complete fifth. Yet this results will definitely certainly not be repeated in Paris. Merely a few of Russians were actually invited many of them have actually rejected to compete. Why?