.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic goliath. The country has actually completed near the top of the medal table at every summer Olympics since 1984, when it opted not to take part in protest at the activities being actually kept in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo games in 2021, when the Russian group was formally outlawed, professional athletes competing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Committee managed to win 71 medals as well as end up 5th. However this effectiveness will certainly certainly not be actually duplicated in Paris. Merely a small number of Russians were invited much of them have actually declined to compete. Why?