Malawi
The Olympic Games are meant to be all about the nations of the world coming together in an international sporting festival whereby every competitor has a chance of glory. But it's not really like that is it? Take Malawi for example. It is an incredibly poor country in south eastern Africa. Its population is now over twenty million. It has sent competitors to eleven different Olympic Games and has not won a single medal in all that time. This year Malawi has sent just three competitors to Paris. At the swimming pool, Filipe Gomes has already been knocked out of the men's 50 metre freestyle event. Tayamika Chang'anamuno will feature in the heats of the women's 50 metre freestyle which happen tomorrow August 4th. She is not expected to advance. The only other Malawian competitor will be Asimenye Simwaka who will no doubt try her best on the athletics track in the women's 100 metres. Again her chances of a medal are almost zero. I have little doubt that if Mal...