.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has ended up near the leading of the award desk at every summertime Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it chose certainly not to participate in objection at the games being kept in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian staff was officially outlawed, professional athletes competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board managed to gain 71 medals as well as finish fifth. However this success will definitely not be duplicated in Paris. Just a small number of Russians were welcomed most of them have actually rejected to complete. Why?