.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic goliath. The nation has actually ended up near the leading of the medal table at every summer months Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it decided not to join demonstration at the games being composed Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo games in 2021, when the Russian crew was actually officially banned, professional athletes contending under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board succeeded to succeed 71 awards as well as finish fifth.
But this success is going to not be redoed in Paris. Simply a small number of Russians were invited much of them have actually rejected to contend. Why?