After a 13-month hiatus, Ireland’s elite pentathletes are ready to return to the competitive arena with Olympic goals still at the forefront of their minds. UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Budapest (March 24-28) marks the continuation of qualification for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after a 13-month hiatus. Natalya Coyle, Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe and Sive […]
Ireland’s Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe has taken a giant step towards his third Olympic Games after winning a bronze medal at the season-opening UIPM 2020 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo. The Kilkenny athlete, 28, put a difficult 2019 behind him with a terrific performance in the Egyptian capital, making up three places in the Laser Run to […]
Ireland’s Sive Brassil has boosted her chances of qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by finishing an impressive 16th in the women’s final at UIPM 2020 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo. The 26-year-old gained vital points in the Olympic qualification ranking list with an impressive performance in a highly-competitive field in the Egyptian capital. Brassil […]
Ireland’s Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe made a solid start to his season at UIPM 2020 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo after qualifying for the men’s final in 13th position overall. Lanigan-O’Keeffe (28) finished third in his qualification group with 1,155 points, only seven points behind the overall top scorer, Aleix Heredia Vives of Spain. The two-time Olympian from […]
Ireland’s Sive Brassil made a confident start to her season at UIPM 2020 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo after qualifying for the women’s final with the third-highest score. The 26-year-old finished 2nd in her qualification group with 1,032 points, guaranteeing her participation in Friday’s final where she will be joined by Natalya Coyle, who was ninth […]
Irish pentathlon star Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe steps up his bid to qualify for a third Olympic Games with the confidence of knowing he is in the best shape of his life. The Kilkenny athlete (28) spent part of the off-season on an intensive altitude training camp in Iten, Kenya. This week he is in Egypt […]
Many congrats to all who competed in this years New Year Epee. The prize winners for each category are listed below. Junior Girls Megan Piao 2nd Aisling Mellon Whelan Junior Boys 1st Simon Barrett 2nd Caolan Costello 3rd Christopher O’Brien Senior Women 1st Inga Gorceva 2nd Kate Barrett Senior Men 1st Tom O’Brien […]
After the early promise of a fourth place in the women’s relay, Ireland’s bid for glory at the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships ended today with an 18th place in the mixed relay. In the absence of two-time World Cup Final champions Natalya Coyle and Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe, Kate Coleman-Lenehan and Timothy O’Brien […]
Ireland’s Sive Brassil has finished 28th in the women’s final at the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships. The 25-year-old struggled in a high-quality fencing session, scoring just seven victories in her 35 bouts, but she delivered the eighth-fastest swim (2:11.75) and kept her composure during the riding discipline to concede just eight […]
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 […]
