.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic giant. The country has actually completed near the top of the medal table at every summertime Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it opted not to join protest at the video games being actually composed Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian crew was officially disallowed, athletes competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board achieved to win 71 medals and also finish fifth. But this results will definitely certainly not be actually repeated in Paris. Only a handful of Russians were invited much of all of them have rejected to complete. Why?