.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic giant. The nation has completed near the leading of the award desk at every summer season Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it opted certainly not to take part in objection at the activities being actually composed Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo games in 2021, when the Russian group was actually formally banned, professional athletes competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee achieved to win 71 medals as well as finish 5th. However this results will definitely certainly not be repeated in Paris. Simply a few of Russians were actually invited a lot of them have actually refused to compete. Why?