.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic giant. The country has ended up near the best of the award desk at every summertime Olympics since 1984, when it decided not to participate in protest at the activities being kept in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian staff was officially disallowed, sportsmens completing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board achieved to gain 71 awards as well as complete fifth. However this success will certainly certainly not be actually repeated in Paris. Just a small number of Russians were invited much of all of them have rejected to compete. Why?