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Sunisa Lee of the U.S. poses with her gold medal after winning the women s all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
This year s Olympic Games has been an event unlike any other before it. The ongoing pandemic has changed so much, most noticeable being the ban on spectators with even families barred from attending. Still, despite these difficulties, athletes are blazing trails and making history.
Some countries that usually don t medal are having a great Olympics
The first week was a whirlwind for San Marino, a tiny country in Southern Europe with a population of only 34,000. (To put it into perspective, consider that Wyoming, the U.S. state with the smallest population in the country, has around 580,000 residents). When Alessandra Perilli earned a bronze medal in women s trap shooting on Thursday, San Marino became th