.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has finished near the top of the medal table at every summer season Olympics given that 1984, when it decided not to join objection at the games being held in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo games in 2021, when the Russian group was actually officially outlawed, sportsmens completing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Board succeeded to win 71 awards as well as complete 5th. However this results will definitely certainly not be duplicated in Paris. Merely a small number of Russians were actually invited many of them have actually declined to compete. Why?