India opened their medal account at the ISSF World Championship 2026 in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday with one gold and two silver medals, but missed out on securing any Los Angeles 2028 Olympic quotas in the men's and women's 10m air rifle events, ANI reported.

Source: ANI via Daily Prabhat

1 gold, 2 silverIndia's medals on day one in Doha
1,659-24xMen's 50m pistol team winning total
1,894.4Women's 10m air rifle team silver score

50m pistol team gold, and silver for Ravinder

India's gold came in the men's 50m pistol team event. Ravinder Singh, Saurabh Chaudhary and Amanpreet Singh combined for 1,659-24x — Ravinder led the trio with 559-11x, Saurabh shot 551-7x and Amanpreet contributed 549-6x. China finished second with 1,648-26x and the Republic of Korea took bronze with 1,643-26x, according to ANI's report, which cited Olympics.com.

Source: ANI via NewKerala

Ravinder also finished on the individual podium in the same discipline, shooting 559-11x to claim silver, two points behind Authorised Neutral Athlete Anton Aristarkhov, who won gold with 561-9x. Romania's Luca Joldea took bronze with 558-5x. The men's 50m pistol is not part of the Olympic shooting programme.

Women's air rifle team silver, but no quota

India's second silver came in the women's 10m air rifle team event, where Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Shambhavi Kshirsagar aggregated 1,894.4 points. China won gold with 1,899.8, while Japan secured bronze with 1,892.6.

Elavenil was the standout Indian in the individual event, scoring 634.2 to finish third in qualification and reach the eight-shooter final — the only Indian to reach an individual final across the men's and women's 10m air rifle events. She finished sixth in the final with 167.3 points, missing out on an LA 2028 quota. South Korea's reigning Olympic champion Ban Hyojin won the individual gold with 253.1, ahead of China's Han Jiayu (252.2) and Wang Zifei (231.0). Sonam placed 19th in qualification with 630.5 and Shambhavi 32nd with 629.7.

The ISSF World Championship continues in Doha until November 14, with 36 LA 2028 Olympic quota places available across the 12 individual Olympic shooting events, ANI reported. The Daily Jagran also reported the men's 50m pistol team gold and Ravinder Singh's individual silver.

Source: The Daily Jagran