为什么世界第八人口大国一块奥运奖牌都没有
Why the world's eighth most populous country never has won an Olympic medal
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。
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.
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）
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.
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。
Seven athletes from Bangladesh competed in Rio the past two weeks with only modest success to show for it.