Russia Is Banned, Yet It’s Everywhere at the Games

Tatiana Minina’s silver in taekwondo was one of a dozen won by Russian athletes in the first few days of the Games.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York TimesTOKYO — For a country officially barred from the Olympics, Russia is very much a presence at this summer’s Tokyo Games.

Take Friday’s opening ceremony. A significant Russian delegation marched in the parade of nations — right behind San Marino and just ahead of Sierra Leone — under the banner of R.O.C., the acronym for the Russian Olympic Committee. That is the official label under which more than 330 Russian athletes are competing here, a bit of disciplinary sleight of hand required by punishments imposed after the country’s recent…