Vivaan Kapoor wins trap silver at World Shooting Championships, secures India's first shotgun quota for LA 2028
The 24-year-old from Jaipur lost a shoot-off for gold to Kuwait's Abdulrahman Alfaihan in Doha, but his podium finish earned India's third Olympic quota place at the championships.
India's Vivaan Kapoor won silver in the men's trap final at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Doha on Thursday, a result that also earned India its first shotgun quota place for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The 24-year-old from Jaipur and Kuwait's Abdulrahman Alfaihan both hit 29 targets in the eight-man final at the Lusail Shooting Complex, forcing a sudden-death shoot-off. Alfaihan hit three to Vivaan's two to take gold. China's Qi Ying, the Paris 2024 silver medallist, finished third, while Britain's Nathan Hales, the reigning Olympic champion, was fifth.
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Third quota for India
Vivaan's medal gave India its third LA 2028 quota at these championships, after Jaypal Malviya's silver in the men's 10m air pistol and Niraj Kumar's bronze in the men's 50m rifle three positions. Vivaan had only just made the final, shooting 120 out of 125 in qualification and coming through a shoot-off to finish sixth.
Udaivir Singh Jaijee, the other Indian in the final after winning a shoot-off for the last spot, was knocked out in sixth place.
Near misses in team events
India's men's trap team of Vivaan, Udaivir and Zoravar Singh Sandhu scored 354, level with Poland and the Czech Republic, but missed out on bronze on countback. Kuwait won the team gold with 356. The women's trap team of Pragati Dubey, Manisha Keer and Neeru Dhanda finished seventh, and no Indian woman reached the individual final.
There was more success in pistol. Ankur Goel won individual silver in the men's 25m centre fire pistol and then teamed up with Amanpreet Singh and Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu for team bronze. India were second in the medals table with 13 medals, two gold, seven silver and four bronze, behind China, according to IndiaSportsHub.
Why it matters
Indian shooters have struggled to secure Olympic places in shotgun events, which makes an early quota in trap, more than 18 months before the Games, a significant boost. Quota places belong to the country rather than the individual, so the national federation will decide who fills them.
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