Alessandra Perilli captures bronze in women’s trap shooting, giving San Marino (with about 34,000 residents) its first-ever Olympic medal
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Tokyo 2020 served up another slice of history on Thursday when San Marino became the least populated country to win an Olympic medal at the Summer or Winter Games.
San Marino replaced Bermuda as the record holder, two days after Flora Duffy won the island nation’s second medal, but first gold, in the women’s triathlon.The tiny nation based in northern Italy also became the least populous country to win a medal in the summer or winter games, a record previously held by Liechtenstein, who have won 10 Winter Olympics medals.
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