Vivaan Kapoor wins shooting silver to secure India's LA 2028 Olympic quota

Vivaan Kapoor clinched silver in the men's trap event at the ISSF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, earning India a quota place for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics in the process.Shooting World Championships: Vivaan Kapoor wins silver in men's trap, ensures LA2028 Olympic quota (X/@DeoKalikesh Photo)New Delhi,Nov 12, 2026 19:01 ISTIndia's Vivaan Kapoor missed out on a maiden world title by the narrowest of margins, winning silver in the men's trap event at the ISSF World Championships on Thursday. The 24-year-old, however, had reason to celebrate as his second-place finish also secured India a quota place for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.Vivaan shot 29 out of 30 targets in the final to finish level with Kuwait's Abdulrahman Alfaihan. The two shooters then went into a shoot-off to decide the gold medal, where the Indian missed his target on the third attempt. Alfaihan held his nerve to take the title.The Jaipur-born shooter had led the field through much of the final and was in contention to become only the second Indian to win a men's trap world title. That distinction still belongs to Manavjit Singh Sandhu, who won gold at the 2006 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.Although the gold slipped away, Vivaan became only the fourth Indian men's trap shooter to win a medal at the World Championships. The legendary Karni Singh won silver in 1962, Manavjit claimed gold in 2006, while Zoravar Singh Sandhu took bronze at the previous edition in Cairo. Compatriot Udaiveer Singh Jaijee finished sixth in the final with a score of 11.China's Qi Ying won bronze after finishing level on 18 points with Turkey's Yavuz Ilnam. Qi secured the medal on the basis of a higher qualification score and also claimed the third Olympic quota place on offer in the event.VIVAAN ADDS TO INDIA'S OLYMPIC QUOTA COUNT The silver medal also brought India its third shooting quota place for the Los Angeles Olympics. Vivaan joined men's 10m air pistol shooter Jaypal Malviya and men's 50m rifle 3-positions bronze medallist Niraj Kumar in securing a place for the country.For Vivaan, the silver was his sixth medal in ISSF competitions and his fifth at the runner-up spot. He has also won silver at the Junior World Championships and collected a silver and bronze at the Junior World Cup.- Ends