Russia is nominally barred from the coming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, because of its state-backed doping program and an elaborate cheating scheme carried out at the last Winter Games. But Russia announced on Thursday it would send a robust team of 169 athletes to the Games, where they will compete as individual “Olympic Athletes From Russia.”
That number is not far off the size of teams sent by Russia to past Winter Olympics. Russia had 232 athletes at the Sochi Games in 2014, where it dominated the medal standings. It had 177 in Vancouver in 2010.