Doha's ISSF World Shooting Championship ends with 123 medals awarded
China topped the medal table with 27 medals, and the championship awarded 36 quota places for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
The ISSF World Shooting Championship Doha 2026 concluded on Friday at the Lusail Shooting Complex after 11 days of competition, Qatar's state news agency QNA reported.
Around 1,100 shooters from 91 countries took part, and the event was the first qualifying championship for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
The final day featured the mixed team trap, in which Italy's Jessica Rossi and Massimo Fabbrizi won gold with 35 targets, while Britain's Lucy Charlotte Hall and Nathan Hales took silver with 32.
Turkiye's Rumeysa Pelin Kaya and Tolga Tuncer won bronze with 21 targets.
A total of 123 medals were awarded during the championship, including 41 each of gold, silver and bronze.
China topped the medal table with 27 medals, including 13 gold, six silver and eight bronze.
India placed third with 13 medals, while South Korea ranked fourth with 10 and the Czech Republic finished fifth with eight.
Qatar Shooting and Archery Association Secretary-General and Championship Director Jassim Shaheen Al Sulaiti said the event was a success in both organizational and technical terms.
Al Sulaiti said 295 shooters competed in each event for the 36 Olympic quota places awarded across the championship.
He described Doha's hosting as a historic milestone, noting that it was the first Olympic qualifying edition of the World Shooting Championship held in the Middle East.
Al Sulaiti said the next focus would be the World Cup Finals next month, which will feature the top 12 shooters in each category, and that Qatar's Rashid Saleh and Angelo Scelzo have secured places.
The International Shooting Sport Federation, which runs the World Shooting Championship, awards Olympic quota places through events such as this one, with athletes qualifying for their countries at the Games.
