Elavenil Valarivan, 21, on Monday won the gold medal in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle event in International Shooting Sport Federation’s (ISSF) Shooting World Cup along with Divyansh Singh Panwar, reported PTI. 

Valarivan, who is the current World No 1, was also the gold medallist in the 10m air rifle for women in the World Cup and the World Cup finals in 2019, according to The Hindu. 

Valarivan was born in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, but is now settled in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. She started competing in 2014.

Making her Junior World Cup debut at the age of 18, Valarivan won the Gold in 10m Air Rifle Women Junior event. 

Ahead of her second national camp for Olympic probables, Valarivan talked about her time during the lockdown. She told The Hindu, “The focus is to get back to where I left off before the lockdown in March. I would not say the pandemic came at the wrong time. There are always positives in any issue.”

She added, “The biggest challenge during the pandemic was not being able to be in direct contact with my coaches. Whatever interaction was only via video calls. We had to adjust to the changed scenario.”