.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has ended up near the leading of the medal desk at every summer months Olympics because 1984, when it chose certainly not to participate in demonstration at the video games being actually held in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian crew was actually officially banned, sportsmens competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board managed to gain 71 awards as well as end up fifth. But this success is going to certainly not be actually repeated in Paris. Merely a handful of Russians were actually invited a number of them have actually refused to compete. Why?