.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic goliath. The nation has actually completed near the leading of the medal table at every summer season Olympics given that 1984, when it opted not to take part in protest at the activities being actually kept in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian staff was actually officially prohibited, athletes competing under the advertisement of the Russian Olympic Committee managed to win 71 medals and complete 5th.
But this effectiveness will certainly not be actually repeated in Paris. Simply a small number of Russians were actually welcomed a number of all of them have declined to complete. Why?