Chinese shooter Han Jiayu, a native of Huzhou, Zhejiang province, won silver in the women's 10m air rifle at the 2026 ISSF World Championship in Doha, Qatar, on Nov 4, securing an Olympic quota place for China.

The championship marked the first qualifying event for shooting at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The LA28 shooting competition will feature 340 athletes, with 36 quota places available at the Doha championship across 12 individual events.

Han scored 252.2 points in the final, finishing just 0.9 points behind South Korea's Ban Hyojin, who won gold with 253.1 points.

Han took the lead after the first 10 shots with 106.5 points, 1.1 points ahead of Ban. The South Korean shooter gradually closed the gap and edged ahead in the later stages, while Han finished second after the final shots.

The silver medal followed another strong performance by Han earlier in the competition. Together with teammates Wang Zifei and Du Yuchen, she won the women's 10m air rifle team gold for China with a combined score of 1,899.8 points.

The 25-year-old athlete is also competing in the women's 50m rifle three-position and 50m rifle prone events at the championships.