Australia has won almost as many medals as there are people in the Falkland Islands, one of 10 countries to never win a medal at the Commonwealth Games.
The Commonwealth Games have been a happy hunting ground for Australian athletes but the same can’t be said for some countries and small territories who will send teams to Birmingham.
Some of these countries also compete at the Olympics, and have had even less success there, but there is hope that a flurry of firsts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games might mean we are about to see some little-known teams have athletes on the podium for the first time. There has been greater investment in Gibraltarian sport recently, with a new 50-metre pool and 400-metre athletics track available for athletes to use.Sierra Leone has a population of more than eight million but has endured 11 Commonwealth and 12 Olympic campaigns without winning a medal.
Sierra Leone has entered in athletics, badminton, boxing, judo, table tennis and wrestling. A number of athletes have reportedly not returned to training due to the impacts of COVID-19.A tiny country in the Caribbean, home to West Indian cricketing legend Viv Richards, Antigua and Barbuda has not had the greatest success at Commonwealth Games.
The territory first participated at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games and may struggle to win a medal in Birmingham, given shooting is no longer on the program.A black browed albatross flies into the Falkland Islands.Brunei is a small state in south-east Asia, close to Malaysia, with high standards of living thanks to the country’s plentiful oil and gas reserves.
The tiny Caribbean island - a British territory - competed for the first time in 1998. Anguilla has a population of about 15,000 and will have former county cricket star Cardigan Connor as its chef de mission in Birmingham.Zharnel Hughes races against Rohan Browning at the Tokyo Olympics.Well-known sprinter Zharnel Hughes was born in Anguilla but represents England and Great Britain at major events.
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