.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic giant. The nation has actually ended up near the best of the award desk at every summer Olympics since 1984, when it decided not to take part in demonstration at the activities being actually kept in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian group was actually officially prohibited, sportsmens contending under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee succeeded to gain 71 awards as well as end up 5th. But this effectiveness will certainly not be duplicated in Paris. Only a few of Russians were welcomed many of them have declined to contend. Why?