.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The country has actually ended up near the top of the medal desk at every summer months Olympics since 1984, when it decided not to take part in demonstration at the video games being actually kept in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian team was formally prohibited, sportsmens competing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Committee managed to gain 71 awards as well as complete fifth. But this success will certainly not be actually duplicated in Paris. Only a small number of Russians were welcomed a lot of all of them have rejected to compete. Why?