.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The country has ended up near the best of the award desk at every summer Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it chose certainly not to participate in objection at the video games being composed Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian team was formally banned, sportsmens competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee achieved to win 71 medals and also finish fifth. However this success will definitely certainly not be actually repeated in Paris. Just a few of Russians were welcomed most of all of them have actually refused to compete. Why?