Madison Champion and Ben Hays earned silver in R11 mixed team 10m air rifle prone SH2 at the 2026 World Shooting Para Sport World Championships in Changwon, South Korea. USA Shooting’s September 30 report records their final total of 503.9, behind China’s Wang Ruo and Gao Jianxiong on 504.6.
The American pair’s 626.0 in qualification established an Americas Qualification Record, and the final score established an Americas Record. USA Shooting identified the silver as the U.S. team’s only medal at the championship. It also reported individual final appearances by Yan Xiao Gong and Zachary Jackson.
Para sport coverage deserves the same specificity offered to any other high-level competition. The event code, classification and stage are part of the result, not incidental details to strip out for a shorter headline. Keeping them visible helps readers follow the discipline and prevents scores from different events being compared as if they were interchangeable.
Our focus is on sporting achievement rather than assumptions about the athletes’ lives. We have no basis here for discussing personal medical histories, the experience of disability or private training arrangements. The published result already supplies a substantial story: a team medal and separately identified records. Readers encountering the event for the first time can begin with the official classification in the federation’s account and follow the same event at future competitions. A useful personal results notebook would record athlete names, event code, round and date together. That creates continuity without flattening the distinctions that make Para shooting a collection of specific disciplines. The illustration accompanying this article is conceptual and does not depict Champion, Hays or their equipment.
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