San Marino picked up the first Olympic medal in their history on Thursday as Alessandra Perilli won bronze in the women's Trap shooting final.
In doing so, the tiny nation of just 34,000 people broke a record as they became the smallest country by population to win a medal in the history of the Olympic Games.
In the shooting event, Perilli pipped Laetisha Scanlan to third place with a score of 29 compared to the Australian's 26.
Gold in the event was won by Slovakian Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova with an Olympic record of 43 points, narrowly defeating Kayle Browning of the USA's score of 42.
Perilli came agonisingly close to realising this feat nine years ago at the London 2012 Olympics.
On that occasion, the 33-year-old finished in a three-way tie for second place and took part in a subsequent 'shoot-off' from which she was first to be eliminated- a heartbreaking turn of events.
San Marino covers an area of just 24 square miles, standing as a tiny enclave within northern Italy. The capital is the City of San Marino, which stands on the western slopes of Mount Titan in the Apennines.
San Marino are often known in the sporting world for being the whipping boys of European football; the country has the smallest population of any European member.
Having played their first official match in 1990 against Switzerland (a 4-0 defeat), they have only ever won one match - a 1-0 victory over Liechtenstein in a 2004 friendly. They currently sit last in the FIFA world rankings.
Tokyo 2020 has been a hotbed for anomalous Olympic success.
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