.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has actually ended up near the best of the award table at every summer months Olympics since 1984, when it chose certainly not to take part in objection at the activities being actually held in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian team was formally prohibited, sportsmens completing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Board succeeded to gain 71 medals and also finish fifth. But this success will certainly not be duplicated in Paris. Simply a handful of Russians were welcomed a lot of all of them have actually rejected to contend. Why?