India confirms its first shooting quota for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics after Jaypal Malviya secured a silver medal in the men’s 10m air pistol event at the ISSF World Championship 2026.
Chinese shooter Hu Kai, who won the gold medal, started strongly the final event (51.5), ultimately managing 243.9 points to win the challenge. At the end of the Stage 1 opening phase, Jaypal was in the third place with 50.5 points, later, slipped to the fourth place with in the next phase with the total of 100.0 points.
From the third phase of the Stage 2 (Elimination), Jaypal strongly held the second position till the end of the battle. Before the penultimate phase, the Indian shooter was at edge of Hu Kai, battling at 201.8 vs 201.9, advantage to the Chinese shooter. Ultimately, Hu won the battle with 243.9 points, while Jaypal claimed the silver medal with 242.2 points. Bronze medalist Jindřich Dubový from Czechia scored 220.9 points.
With the silver medal, India confirmed its first shooting quota for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics, which is in the men’s 10m air pistol event. The National Olympic Committees will ultimately take the decision about the representation of their respective teams at the Olympic Games. It means that India’s presence at the men’s 10m air pistol event at the LA 2028 has been confirmed, but not for Jaypal Malviya, as the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will ultimately take about this representative decision.
ISSF World Championship 2026: Men’s 10m Air Pistol – Final Results
Rank/Medals | Name (NOC) | Total | Note |
Gold | Hu Kai (China) | 243.9 | |
Silver | Jaypal Malviya (India) | 242.2 | |
Bronze | Jindřich Dubový (Czechia) | 220.9 | |
4 | Bu Shuaihang (China) | 199.5 | |
5 | Paolo Monna (Italy) | 179.4 | |
6 | Islam Shamsutdinov (Individual Neutral Athletes) | 156.8 | |
7 | Xie Yu (China) | 136.5 | |
8 | Kiettikul Sudkhet (Thailand) | 116.7 |