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

为什么世界第八人口大国一块奥运奖牌都没有

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年前孟加拉国首次参加奥运会以来，这个世界人口第八大国连一块奥运奖牌都没有，甚至连一个像样的奥运选手都没有培养出来。冬奥会上从没看过孟加拉国运动员的身影，而该国的43名奥运选手从没有进入过前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.

虽然人口排名并不能成为奥运成功与否的晴雨表，但是对于一个拥有1.6亿人口的国家来说，孟加拉国的奥运差劲表现真是令人难以理解。在人口排名前40的国家中，同样没有获得奥运奖牌的国家是深陷战乱的刚果民主共和国（第18）和直到不久前还受军事独裁政权统治的缅甸（第26）

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

过去两周有7名孟加拉国运动员参加了奥运的比赛，成绩平平。