Doha, November 12 (Daily Kiran) : Indian shooter Vivaan Kapoor achieved a remarkable feat at the ISSF World Championship held in Doha on November 12, 2026, by securing a silver medal in the men’s trap event. This victory also guarantees India its third quota spot for the upcoming 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

With Kapoor’s medal win and Ankur Goyal’s double medal achievement in the men’s 25-meter center fire pistol event, India’s total medal count has risen to 13.

During the finals at the Lusail Shooting Complex, Kapoor matched the score of Kuwait’s Abdul Rahman Alfaihan with 29 hits. However, in a sudden-death shoot-off, Alfaihan edged out Kapoor with a score of 3-2 to claim the gold medal. China’s Qiu Ying secured the bronze medal with 22 hits.

Prior to Kapoor’s success, Jai Pal Malviya and Neeraj Kumar also earned Olympic quotas in Doha. Malviya secured the first quota for LA 2028 by winning a silver medal in the men’s 10-meter air pistol event on November 5, while Kumar achieved the second quota by winning bronze in the men’s 50-meter rifle 3 positions event.

In the qualification round, seven shooters tied with scores of 120 out of 125, allowing two Indian shooters to advance to the finals. Kapoor finished sixth after hitting six targets in the shoot-off. His earlier scores in the qualification were 25, 24, 24, 24, and 23.

His teammate Udayveer Singh Jayji also scored 120 (25, 24, 24, 24, 23) and became the eighth and final shooter to reach the finals after winning the shoot-off (3+0). In the finals, Udayveer placed sixth with 11 hits, finishing behind Great Britain’s Nathan Hales in the qualification rankings.

In the men’s trap team event, the Indian trio of Kapoor (120), Udayveer (120), and Zorawar Singh Sandhu (114) narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth with a total score of 354 from five rounds (73, 68, 72, 72, 69). Despite tying with Poland, the silver medalists, and the bronze medalists from the Czech Republic, India placed fourth due to a lower score in the final round. Kuwait won the team gold medal with a score of 356.

In the men’s 25-meter center fire pistol event, Ankur Goyal achieved double success, winning an individual silver medal with a score of 583-19x. He scored 292 in the precision stage and 291 in the rapid stage. Latvia’s Ernests Erbs took home the gold medal with 588-24x, while the Czech Republic’s Jindrich Dubovi earned the bronze with 582-26x.

Goyal later teamed up with Amanpreet Singh and Rajkumar Singh Sandhu to secure a team bronze medal with a total score of 1727-57x. In individual standings, Amanpreet ranked ninth with a score of 578-19x, while Rajkumar placed 23rd with 566-19x.

Ukraine won the team gold medal with a score of 1735-47x, while the Republic of Korea secured the silver with 1731-46x.

Following Thursday’s results, India stands second in the medal table with a total of 13 medals (two gold, seven silver, and four bronze). China leads with 27 medals (13 gold, six silver, and eight bronze), while the Republic of Korea holds third place with 10 medals (two gold, five silver, and three bronze).