Trinh Thu Vinh wins world shooting silver and Los Angeles 2028 quota
She became Vietnam’s first female World Shooting Championships medallist, adding an individual silver to a team bronze won earlier on November 10.
Vietnam’s Trinh Thu Vinh scored 43 points to take silver in the women’s 25m pistol final at the World Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, on November 10. The result also secured her a quota place for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
South Korea’s Yang Jiin won gold with 44 points, while China’s Zhang Yueyue earned bronze on 34. Thu Vinh led during the opening three rounds and remained competitive through the elimination stages.
No Vietnamese female shooter had previously won a medal at the world championships. Thu Vinh made her Olympic debut at Paris 2024.
In the team competition earlier that day, Thu Vinh, Nguyen Thuy Trang and Nguyen Thuy Dung earned Vietnam’s first medal of the championships, taking bronze with 1,745 points. India finished first on 1,761, followed by South Korea on 1,748. China scored 1,741.
Thu Vinh reached the individual final after placing seventh in qualification with 585 points. Thuy Dung was 16th on 583 and Thuy Trang finished 29th with 577.
The championships run from November 1 to 14 and offer qualification places for the 2028 Olympics.
