chennai shooter anjum moudgil was among the first indian athletes to secure a quota for the tokyo olympics a quota belongs to the country and anjum will still have to perform at her peak to be picked in the indian team for the olympics if not for the covid19 pandemic and subsequent postponement of the games the 26yearold from chandigarh would have been in her final stages of preparations for the quadrennial eventanjums background in sports psychology where she holds a masters degree is being put to good use in these trying times it sports psychology has helped me to deal with the demands of shooting and also enabled me to understand myself better during tough times it helps you to maintain your calm and composure and view things from a broader perspective anjum told toi anjum has been delivering top performances in the last couple of years the year 2018 saw her win silver in the womens 50m rifle 3positions event at the issf world cup in mexico she followed that up with silver in the same category at the gold coast commonwealth games that yearthe ongoing crisis has brought changes to anjums daily routine with a lot of time on her hands anjum has rekindled her love for painting i have a lot of time to do things which otherwise wouldnt have been possible due to tournaments and training i am spending a lot of time painting and have always enjoyed doing so i am selling my handpainted diaries to raise money for an ngo which is supporting villages affected by covid19 in punjab i hope to raise more money in the coming days through my paintings said the world no 4 in womens 10m airrifle in the last few weeks anjum has completed an online athlete course on antidoping from wada she also has finished the in the zone course in sports psychology and is currently doing a course in nutrition while paintings online courses and spending time with family take a chunk of her time anjum ensures she doesnt lose out on her practice i have a designated place at home where i place the target and shoot from a 10metre distance apart from this temporary arrangement i make sure to work out twice a day said anjum who is part of the gosports foundation