.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic goliath. The country has actually completed near the top of the award table at every summertime Olympics because 1984, when it opted certainly not to join protest at the activities being kept in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo games in 2021, when the Russian staff was actually officially prohibited, athletes contending under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee managed to win 71 awards as well as finish 5th. However this effectiveness will certainly not be duplicated in Paris. Simply a handful of Russians were welcomed many of them have declined to contend. Why?