Vivaan Kapoor wins trap silver, earns India third LA28 quota

Vivaan Kapoor won silver in the men’s trap final at the ISSF World Championship in Doha on November 12, earning India its third quota place for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Kuwait’s Abdulrahman Alfaihan took gold after a shoot-off, while China’s Qi Ying won bronze.

Kapoor and Alfaihan were tied on 29 hits after the final. Alfaihan prevailed in the sudden-death shoot-off, finishing with 32 hits, according to the reported results. Kapoor’s silver secured India’s third Olympic quota place at the championship.

Jaypal Malviya and Niraj Kumar had secured India’s first two quota places earlier in the competition. Malviya won silver in the men’s 10-metre air pistol on November 5, and Kumar took bronze in the men’s 50-metre rifle three positions event. The quota places are tied to the athletes’ performances, with the country’s total now at three.

Kapoor advanced to the eight-shooter final after qualifying sixth. He scored 120 out of 125 in the qualification rounds and won a shoot-off for position after a seven-way tie at that score. Indian teammate Udaivir Singh Jaijee also shot 120, won the shoot-off for the last qualifying place and finished sixth in the final with 11 hits.