New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- Rifle marksman Niraj Kumar earned India its second quota for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics on Wednesday, shooting a bronze medal in the 50m 3 Positions event at the World Championships in Doha.

The 26-year-old from Hoshiarpur, Punjab shot 346.5 in the final to claim his first individual Worlds medal. He finished behind Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) Dmitrii Pimenov, who won gold with a world junior record score of 362.8, and Slovakia's Patrik Jany, who took silver with 357.2.

Pimenov and Niraj won LA quotas but the third quota went to Norway's Jon-Hermann Hegg, who was fourth (335.9). Jany didn't get the LA spot because under the Olympic qualification rules, an athlete can secure only one quota place for their NO...