Elia Canales (El Catllar, Tarragonès, 2001) can shoot between 400 and 500 arrows a day. This Tarragona native has become the best Catalan archer at just 24 years old. A 2024 Olympian, this summer she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event with a recurve bow at the World Championships, partnering Aragonese Andrés Temiño. It was in Gwangju, South Korea, in the country where archery is most widely practiced. The Koreans have won more Olympic medals than anyone else in this sport and had won every gold medal in mixed doubles since the sport's creation. Absolutely every one, until losing to Canales and Termiño. Canales, who studies marketing, covers ARA from India, where she is making her debut these days in the newly created professional Super League.