Bryan Keane insists that he won’t let the nightmare crash that ruined his London Olympic dream affect his preparations for this summer’s Games in Rio.

Irish triathlon and duathlon athletes raced in Turkey and Australia over the weekend. 

Low cloud, poor visibility and mountain wave activity are factors that may have contributed to a fatal air crash in which two men and two dogs lost their lives last May.

Triathlete Bryan Keane was looking for a big result at the Chengdu World Cup in China and delivered just that with a brilliant fifth place finish.

Even a serious training accident hasn’t dented Bryan Keane’s passion for triathlons.

Over 1000 competitors swam, biked and ran their way through the ‘Hell Of The West’ triathlon in Kilkee last weekend - the 30th edition of the event. The race began with a 1500m sea swim around Kilkee Bay, a 44 km bike along sections of the Wild Atlantic Way before a tough 10km run to finish.

Corks Bryan Keane claimed his first ITU Triathlon World Cup podium in Ishigaki, Japan despite crashing his bike while fellow Irishman Conor Murphy also hit the tarmac but got back up to finish 14th.

Ireland's Aileen Reid and Bryan Keane will be looking to build on promising starts to their season tomorrow as the international triathlon season starts in Auckland.

They may have waited all of a decade to reclaim the Cork county senior cross-country crown from East Cork, but Leevale did it in style yesterday at Carrignavar and for good measure, the city club also won the women’s title along with providing the winners of the two individual races.

Enniskillen's Gavin Noble is back on course to compete for Ireland in the triathlon at the London Olympics after he suffered a fractured shin in May.

OLYMPIC triathlon hopeful Bryan Keane admits his dreams of qualifying for London next year are over.

IRISH triathlete Gavin Noble’s Olympic qualification quest has been turbo-charged after an unique partnership between bike manufacturers, Specialized, and Formula One team McLaren delivered him the world’s fastest bike.

CRAIG MURPHY (Togher) finished third in the junior race in Hannut yesterday when he led with 400m to go, only to be out-sprinted by Jeroen D’Houdt from Belgium, who won by just seven seconds.

THOMAS RABOU (Team AltiPower) justified his status as favourite by claiming the first yellow jersey of the season in the Credit Union Rás Mumhan in Kerry yesterday.

THE withdrawal of Mark Scanlon from the FBD Insurance Rás due to illness came as a huge disappointment to debutant Irish rider Bryan Keane.