.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic giant. The nation has completed near the best of the medal desk at every summer Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it decided not to take part in objection at the games being kept in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo games in 2021, when the Russian team was actually officially prohibited, sportsmens contending under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board succeeded to win 71 medals and finish 5th. But this effectiveness will certainly not be actually repeated in Paris. Only a handful of Russians were actually invited a number of them have refused to complete. Why?