.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has actually ended up near the top of the award desk at every summer season Olympics considering that 1984, when it opted not to participate in demonstration at the video games being actually composed Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian crew was formally prohibited, sportsmens contending under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board achieved to gain 71 medals and finish 5th. However this effectiveness will definitely certainly not be actually repeated in Paris. Only a small number of Russians were actually invited a number of all of them have refused to compete. Why?