.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The country has actually finished near the top of the medal desk at every summertime Olympics because 1984, when it decided not to join demonstration at the activities being actually held in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian team was formally disallowed, athletes competing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Board achieved to gain 71 awards and also end up fifth.
Yet this success is going to certainly not be duplicated in Paris. Just a handful of Russians were welcomed many of all of them have actually rejected to contend. Why?