World shooting: Elmira Karapetyan is 23rd in women’s 10m air pistol qualifying
Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan scored 574 points in Doha, six short of the 580-point cutoff for the women’s air pistol final.
Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan scored 574 points in Doha, six short of the 580-point cutoff for the women’s air pistol final.

Elmira Karapetyan missed the women’s 10m air pistol final at the 2026 World Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, finishing 23rd in qualification on 5 November. Her result ended her opportunity to contest the event’s three quota places for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Karapetyan scored 574 points over six series, six points below the 580-point cutoff. The top 8 shooters advanced to the final.
On 3 November, she won world championship silver in women’s 50m pistol, a separate event that is not part of the Olympic program.
Karapetyan earned a Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota place through her European Championship results and competed at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The Armenian shooter won with 242.4 points, the International Shooting Sport Federation reported, securing Armenia’s first medal at the event.
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