.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic giant. The nation has actually completed near the best of the medal desk at every summer Olympics considering that 1984, when it chose certainly not to participate in protest at the games being actually held in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian staff was officially prohibited, sportsmens contending under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Board achieved to win 71 awards as well as complete 5th. But this effectiveness is going to certainly not be actually duplicated in Paris. Only a handful of Russians were invited a lot of them have declined to contend. Why?