.RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY AN Olympic giant. The country has actually completed near the top of the medal table at every summer months Olympics because 1984, when it chose not to take part in objection at the games being kept in Los Angeles. Also at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian team was actually formally banned, sportsmens competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee managed to gain 71 awards and also finish 5th. However this excellence will not be duplicated in Paris. Only a few of Russians were welcomed a lot of them have refused to complete. Why?