.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has actually finished near the leading of the award table at every summer Olympics because 1984, when it chose not to join protest at the activities being composed Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian crew was formally disallowed, athletes competing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Committee managed to win 71 awards as well as finish 5th. Yet this effectiveness will definitely not be repeated in Paris. Only a handful of Russians were invited most of them have actually declined to complete. Why?