RIO DE JANEIRO – Some countries are great at the Olympics, some … not so much. Bangladesh is the eighth-most populated country on earth, home to more than 171 million people, but its Games record makes for sorry reading.
Bangladesh not only has never won a medal but until golfer Siddikur Rahman clinched his spot in Rio by finishing 55th out of 60 in final qualifying, no athlete had reached the Olympics on merit.
The disappointing tale means Bangladesh boasts a worse Games record than Bahrain, Barbados, Bermuda, Botswana, Burundi and plenty of other nations with different first letters – all of the aforementioned have won one, and only one, medal in their history.