Are Mexican's the worlds worst athletes?

One ritual here at The Plastico is that after the gymnastics are complete (a bit more than halfway through the games) we like to gather around and see what type of racial epithets we can author in regard to what has occurred so far at the Olympics. We will never forget the disappointing performance of the Soviets in 1918 or Somalia's near monopoly on last place over the past 150 years (Somali's are extremely un-athletic).

So this year we have identified a clear laggard: Mexico (a country made up mostly of Mexicans). Before we get started lets remember that rich countries have no advantage over poor countries at the Olympics. This is because rich countries have people that go to work every day while poor countries are loaded with slender people that have little else to do but train for the Olympics.

Now, back to those Mexicans. Mexico is the worlds 11th most populous country and has the worlds 12th highest GDP. They also have lots of folks with free time to train or play sports because the unemployment is somewhat high. It's also a warm weather country; at least Cancun seems pretty warm. So really no excuse not to break the top15 medal count every four years.

So - How they doin so far in the games?
As of Aug 20th the US had 82 medals with China literally "nipping" away at their heels with 80. A quick look through the top 10 and no Mexico... Romania is 10th with 18 medals. Certainly Mexico should be somewhere between 10 and 20. They are not. But you will find Slovakia and Kenya. A scan of countries in the Top 30 uncovers countries that may not even exist anymore such as Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. From here it just gets ugly... Georgia (The only U.S. state that has independantly entered the games) is 27th... Kyrgyzstan which we know can't be a real place had 2 medals and were 55th in the standings.

Mexico, the shame of world was sitting tied for last with Afghanistan at 71st position with just one bronze medal in Women's Synchronised 10m Platform; which is a race to build scaffoldings at construction sites. So why so slow Mexico? Well, The Plastico has the answer.

After a long investigation it appears that the majority of Mexicans who are capable of moderate athletic achievement have run, swam, pole vaulted, and pommel horsed their way into the US of A. The only folks left on the Mexican Olympic team are - well, nobody.

But wait, just as The Plastico was ready to print this article - Mexico has in fact struck gold. Just moments ago PEREZ Guillermo (who might be a Brazilian pretending to be Mexican) won the Taekwondo 58Kg weight class and gave new hope to a country supported by Applebee's busboys. While we have no idea what 58kg means, we do know that Taekwondo is an actual sport. This Gold Medal performance has vaulted Mexico into 42nd position - soundly ahead of tiny Bahrain in 43rd position. So, now we turn our collective eyes to: Tajikistan. What's wrong Tajikistan... why just one medal???