Malta's participation in the Rio Olympic Games started this afternoon with a creditable performance by Eleanor Bezzina in the women's 10m air pistol shooting.
Eleanor ranked 22 out of 44 players in the qualification stage, gaining 379 points.
Vitalina Batsarashkina of Russia came first with 390 points.
The first eight qualified, the last of the qualifiers being the Spanish entry with 384 points.