July 31, 2024 • 5 mins
Bangladesh is the largest country to never had won an Olympic medal.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Fact of the day, Day day, day, day.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Do do do do do do do do do do.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Dude doo de de.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Well, we love it's the Olympics themed fact of the day.
Speaker 4 (00:19):
By end, I've been sent a few, really thinking maybe
there's enough facts about the Olympics to do facts about
the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
With the entire length of the Olympics, how many days
does the Olympics go for?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
We might get a bit tired of that.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
How many days days Olympics last? The last fish two weeks.
It's twenty sixth of July to the eleventh of August,
so you're two weeks. That's easy. That's just said that.
I don't think.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Yeah, I don't know. We'll see, we'll do it. We'll
vibe check on Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Okay, there are today's fact of the days.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
There are sixty countries that have never won a single
Summer Olympic.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Medal, and we just won one this morning.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Yeah, and a further forty countries that have never won
a single gold medal, So we've got we've got lots
of Olympians who have won more medals individually than entire
countries have.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Have you ever held one an Olympic goal? Someone brought
with them in the studio.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Phil Half touched one heavy.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Eric Murray's yeah, they're heavy. They're real heavy, real nice
these ones.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Look look, look, booty, this is this one.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
And they get a little box of sparklers or something.
We're in sense what are they getting in that box?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Can't sense? Stick that's not very French.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
What are Shannon's social media box?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
What's in the box that they're giving the Olympic really.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
Cute poster, but they can also but they can also go.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Out in the middle of TV hats and you unfolded,
you put on your wall and you look at it
and you're like, oh my god.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah, and then thirty years later he'd be problematic.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
The Olympian can also, though, go to the Olympic village
and buy the posters. So it's kind of not super special,
like any Olympic can have it those stupid stuff to Yeah,
so cute, but you see the Olympians when they get
handled it, they all look quite confused.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Wallace, give me a bouquet and a medal.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
They're real cute, Okay, yes, showing a cartoon version of
Paris or the picture of the Big Red Eiffel Tower
and the CNN surrounded.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
By sports taking places.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Did you say that the river did you see that
the river's already like super polluted?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Like what events have been canceled because it is gross?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
It is gross.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
It's actually pretty French poose.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
So the country with the largest population that has never
won an Olympic medal is give us a clue, Give
us a clue.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
The country the largest population.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Hasn't always been called this used to have a different.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Name, is right African?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
No Asian?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
The thing is that have to win so many medals
to even beyond the per capitol.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Right, Ah, I'll just I'll just put you out of misery.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Surely, no, we can play this game until the end
of the show.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Bangladesh seventy one million people and.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Never won an Olympic medal.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
They had never had an athlete who qualified for the
Olympics via merit.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
They just qualified because they were entitled to.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Had Tom Someone, the Rio flag bearer and the first
person from Bangladesh to ever qualify for the Olympics on merit,
played golf. Yeah, he represented them at the Rio Olympics
and he came fifty five out of sixty.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Okay, I didn't realize they were so bad at sports.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
But their cricket teams getting better. Yeah. Yeah, it is
always winning some games.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Now, Yeah, but there's times like and heaps of countries
you've heard of Albania never won a medal.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
What is it about Bangladesh? You know, it's a very country.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Oh they're not good at it because they're not good
at swimming because there's no water around you that it's
not there.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Yeah, or they never won a Winter Olympics medal because
it would never have seen.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Yeah, it's just like an accessibility thing.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Yeah, but no, it's I believe it's Bangladish is a
very poor nation, so it doesn't have you know, it's
most nations that do well have a little discretionary and
may shout a load of track pants though.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Oh that's sadly.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Probably most of the Olympic countries uniforms have been made
in Bangladesh.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Yeah, God, everything's made in Bangladesh.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Congo, Rwanda, Bosnia, hurts a gover. Those are some other
countries that medals. But Bangladesh has got the largest population
for a country that's never won, So.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
We really do We always go on about being on
the per capita table in New Zealand. We're punching regardless,
aren't we.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
Because we're just so wet wet, We're so wettle and
got it.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
We should chuck a couple of handball teams or something
that there's a whole lot of sports that I don't
even think even offered.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
What could we do offered?
Speaker 5 (04:56):
Up? I want one of these medals, but I don't
want to work that hard. Like, so, what's a skill
that we've already got going?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Are they still doing clay bird? They call it? Are
you Olympic good? Or are you just a couple of
ones and good?
Speaker 5 (05:11):
When I say I've done it once in my life
and I didn't suck, is what I mean by that's
good enough?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
That's that is the first step on the road to
Olympic glory.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Maybe that's what we need.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Hen's doos would be good at those and Britain would
beat us at those.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Hell yeah, they travel They traveled like we in European countries.
We just like catch a ferry to wai Heki income back.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
So today's fact of the day is there are sixty
countries that have never won a single Olympic medal, and
the one with the highest population to have never won one.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Bangladesh
Fact of the day, Day day, day, day.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Do do do do do do do do do do.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Dude doo de de.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Well, we love it's the Olympics themed fact of the day.
Speaker 4 (00:19):
By end, I've been sent a few, really thinking maybe
there's enough facts about the Olympics to do facts about
the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
With the entire length of the Olympics, how many days
does the Olympics go for?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
We might get a bit tired of that.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
How many days days Olympics last? The last fish two weeks.
It's twenty sixth of July to the eleventh of August,
so you're two weeks. That's easy. That's just said that.
I don't think.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Yeah, I don't know. We'll see, we'll do it. We'll
vibe check on Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Okay, there are today's fact of the days.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
There are sixty countries that have never won a single
Summer Olympic.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Medal, and we just won one this morning.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Yeah, and a further forty countries that have never won
a single gold medal, So we've got we've got lots
of Olympians who have won more medals individually than entire
countries have.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Have you ever held one an Olympic goal? Someone brought
with them in the studio.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Phil Half touched one heavy.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Eric Murray's yeah, they're heavy. They're real heavy, real nice
these ones.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Look look, look, booty, this is this one.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
And they get a little box of sparklers or something.
We're in sense what are they getting in that box?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Can't sense? Stick that's not very French.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
What are Shannon's social media box?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
What's in the box that they're giving the Olympic really.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
Cute poster, but they can also but they can also go.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Out in the middle of TV hats and you unfolded,
you put on your wall and you look at it
and you're like, oh my god.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah, and then thirty years later he'd be problematic.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
The Olympian can also, though, go to the Olympic village
and buy the posters. So it's kind of not super special,
like any Olympic can have it those stupid stuff to Yeah,
so cute, but you see the Olympians when they get
handled it, they all look quite confused.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Wallace, give me a bouquet and a medal.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
They're real cute, Okay, yes, showing a cartoon version of
Paris or the picture of the Big Red Eiffel Tower
and the CNN surrounded.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
By sports taking places.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Did you say that the river did you see that
the river's already like super polluted?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Like what events have been canceled because it is gross?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
It is gross.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
It's actually pretty French poose.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
So the country with the largest population that has never
won an Olympic medal is give us a clue, Give
us a clue.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
The country the largest population.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Hasn't always been called this used to have a different.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Name, is right African?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
No Asian?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
The thing is that have to win so many medals
to even beyond the per capitol.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Right, Ah, I'll just I'll just put you out of misery.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Surely, no, we can play this game until the end
of the show.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Bangladesh seventy one million people and.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Never won an Olympic medal.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
They had never had an athlete who qualified for the
Olympics via merit.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
They just qualified because they were entitled to.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Had Tom Someone, the Rio flag bearer and the first
person from Bangladesh to ever qualify for the Olympics on merit,
played golf. Yeah, he represented them at the Rio Olympics
and he came fifty five out of sixty.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Okay, I didn't realize they were so bad at sports.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
But their cricket teams getting better. Yeah. Yeah, it is
always winning some games.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Now, Yeah, but there's times like and heaps of countries
you've heard of Albania never won a medal.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
What is it about Bangladesh? You know, it's a very country.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Oh they're not good at it because they're not good
at swimming because there's no water around you that it's
not there.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Yeah, or they never won a Winter Olympics medal because
it would never have seen.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Yeah, it's just like an accessibility thing.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Yeah, but no, it's I believe it's Bangladish is a
very poor nation, so it doesn't have you know, it's
most nations that do well have a little discretionary and
may shout a load of track pants though.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Oh that's sadly.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Probably most of the Olympic countries uniforms have been made
in Bangladesh.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Yeah, God, everything's made in Bangladesh.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Congo, Rwanda, Bosnia, hurts a gover. Those are some other
countries that medals. But Bangladesh has got the largest population
for a country that's never won, So.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
We really do We always go on about being on
the per capita table in New Zealand. We're punching regardless,
aren't we.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
Because we're just so wet wet, We're so wettle and
got it.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
We should chuck a couple of handball teams or something
that there's a whole lot of sports that I don't
even think even offered.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
What could we do offered?
Speaker 5 (04:56):
Up? I want one of these medals, but I don't
want to work that hard. Like, so, what's a skill
that we've already got going?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Are they still doing clay bird? They call it? Are
you Olympic good? Or are you just a couple of
ones and good?
Speaker 5 (05:11):
When I say I've done it once in my life
and I didn't suck, is what I mean by that's
good enough?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
That's that is the first step on the road to
Olympic glory.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Maybe that's what we need.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Hen's doos would be good at those and Britain would
beat us at those.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Hell yeah, they travel They traveled like we in European countries.
We just like catch a ferry to wai Heki income back.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
So today's fact of the day is there are sixty
countries that have never won a single Olympic medal, and
the one with the highest population to have never won one.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Bangladesh
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