.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has completed near the leading of the medal table at every summer months Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it decided not to participate in demonstration at the games being held in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo games in 2021, when the Russian staff was actually formally prohibited, athletes completing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board managed to gain 71 medals and also end up fifth. However this effectiveness will definitely not be duplicated in Paris. Merely a handful of Russians were actually invited a lot of all of them have actually declined to complete. Why?