.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic giant. The country has actually ended up near the leading of the award table at every summertime Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it chose certainly not to take part in protest at the activities being held in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian staff was officially prohibited, professional athletes contending under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board managed to gain 71 medals as well as complete 5th. Yet this success will certainly not be repeated in Paris. Just a handful of Russians were invited most of all of them have rejected to contend. Why?