.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has actually ended up near the top of the award desk at every summer months Olympics considering that 1984, when it chose not to participate in demonstration at the games being kept in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian crew was actually officially disallowed, sportsmens competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board managed to win 71 medals and complete fifth. Yet this excellence will definitely not be repeated in Paris. Just a few of Russians were welcomed a number of them have actually rejected to complete. Why?