Ireland’s Sive Brassil made a confident start to her campaign at the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships after comfortably qualifying for the women’s final. The 25-year-old finished 4th in her qualification semi-final with 1,013 points, guaranteeing her participation in Friday’s final where three places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be […]
Ireland enjoyed an excellent start to the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships in Budapest as Eilidh Prise and Kate Coleman Lenehan teamed up to finish fourth in the women’s relay. The pair bounced back from a tough fencing examination to excel in riding and put themselves in contention for the podium as […]
Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe will have to wait a little longer to secure his place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after finishing 25th in the men’s final at the European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Bath, England. The 2015 European champion performed well in Thursday’s qualification round but his best form eluded him in today’s fencing, riding […]
Natalya Coyle is within touching distance of her third Olympic Games after qualifying for the women’s individual final at the European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Bath, England. The two-time Olympian will be accompanied in the women’s final by team-mate Sive Brassil, meaning Ireland still has three athletes in with a chance of securing their Olympic […]
Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe has moved one step closer to his third appearance at an Olympic Games after comfortably qualifying for the men’s individual final at the European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Bath, England. The London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympian will compete on Saturday for one of eight men’s Tokyo 2020 qualification places after finishing with […]
Eilidh Prise admits it would be the fulfilment of a lifelong dream if she could earn qualification for her first Olympic Games in the coming days. The Scottish-born 23-year-old, whose mother Trish hails from Dublin, competes in the grounds of her old university tomorrow (9 August) as she aims to reach Sunday’s European Championships women’s […]
Sixteen qualification places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are at stake as Ireland’s elite pentathletes head across the channel for the 2019 European Modern Pentathlon Championships (6-11 August). The competition at the University of Bath has long been identified as the most important of the season for the Irish high-performance unit, with eight Olympic […]
A satisfying silver medal for Natalya Coyle and Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe enabled Ireland to sign off from the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Cup Final in Tokyo with a smile. Caption: Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe and Natalya Coyle with Pentathlon Ireland support team (l to r) Andy Mackenzie, Martina McCarthy and Andrei Fedotov at UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Cup […]
MODERN PENTATHLON SUMMER TRAINING Saturday 6th July at 11:15am – 14:30am Give Modern Pentathlon a Try! Are you enjoying your Minimus / Tetrathlon experience? Why not take the next step and try an Olympic Sport! In Modern Pentathlon athletes compete in 5 sports: Swimming, Fencing, Show Jumping and Combined (Running and Laser Shooting). Why not […]
Two new appointments have bolstered Pentathlon Ireland’s performance support team in the run-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Martina McCarthy, Senior Strength & Conditioning Consultant with the Sport Ireland Institute, has taken on the role of Performance Director at Pentathlon Ireland under a contract for service with the Institute. Part of the remit of […]
