.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has actually completed near the best of the award table at every summertime Olympics due to the fact that 1984, when it decided certainly not to participate in protest at the activities being held in Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo activities in 2021, when the Russian staff was actually officially banned, professional athletes competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee succeeded to succeed 71 medals and also end up fifth.
Yet this results is going to not be duplicated in Paris. Merely a small number of Russians were welcomed many of them have refused to complete. Why?