.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has actually finished near the best of the award table at every summer season Olympics because 1984, when it opted not to participate in objection at the video games being held in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian crew was formally outlawed, professional athletes contending under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board managed to win 71 awards and also complete 5th. But this excellence will definitely certainly not be duplicated in Paris. Only a small number of Russians were invited much of all of them have actually refused to complete. Why?