Vivaan wins silver in ISSF men’s trap event, secures LA Olympics quota

India’s Vivaan Kapoor settled for silver in the men’s trap event at the ISSF World Championships in Doha on Friday. He also secured a quota place for the country for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Vivaan was in superb form and looked set to become only the second Indian to win a world title in men’s trap after Manavjit Singh Sandhu, who triumphed at the 2006 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. However, Vivaan missed a clay bird in the shoot-off against Kuwait’s Abdulrahman Alfaihan, who clinched gold after both shooters had tied at 29 out of 30 in regulation.

???????????????????????? #???????????????????????? ???????? ????????????! Vivaan Kapoor clinches Silver in the men's trap event at the ISSF World Championship 2026 in Doha, securing India's third shooting quota for the LA28 Olympic Games! With Jaypal Malviya and Niraj Kumar having already secured Olympic quota places, Vivaan's achievement adds to India's growing Olympic ambitions. #ISSFWorldChampionship #Shooting #LA28 #Olympics #TeamIndia

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Vivaan became the third Indian shooter after men’s 10 metre air pistol marksman Jaypal Malviya and men’s 50 metre rifle 3-positions bronze medallist Niraj Kumar to secure an LA Olympic quota place.