爲什麼世界第八人口大國孟加拉一塊奧運獎牌都沒有

Why the world's eighth most populous country never has won an Olympic medal

爲什麼世界第八人口大國一塊奧運獎牌都沒有

Thirty-two years after Bangladesh’s Olympic debut, the world’s eighth most populous country still has not won a single medal, nor has it even managed to produce a viable contender. No Bangladeshi athlete has competed at the Winter Games, and none of the country’s 43 summer Olympians have placed better than 21st in an event.

自32年前孟加拉國首次參加奧運會以來，這個世界人口第八大國連一塊奧運獎牌都沒有，甚至連一個像樣的奧運選手都沒有培養出來。冬奧會上從沒看過孟加拉國運動員的身影，而該國的43名奧運選手從沒有進入過前20名。

While population rankings typically are a poor barometer for Olympic success, Bangladesh’s futility is still unfathomable for a country with an estimated 160 million residents. Of the world’s 40 most populous countries, the only others without an Olympic medal are war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo (No. 18) and Myanmar (No. 26), which until recently had been governed by an oppressive military dictatorship.

雖然人口排名並不能成爲奧運成功與否的晴雨表，但是對於一個擁有1.6億人口的國家來說，孟加拉國的奧運差勁表現真是令人難以理解。在人口排名前40的國家中，同樣沒有獲得奧運獎牌的國家是深陷戰亂的剛果民主共和國（第18）和直到不久前還受軍事獨裁政權統治的緬甸（第26）

Seven athletes from Bangladesh competed in Rio the past two weeks with only modest success to show for it.

過去兩週有7名孟加拉國運動員參加了奧運的比賽，成績平平。