Bryan Keane finishes 40th in Olympic men's triathlon

Bryan Keane has finished 40th for Ireland in the Olympic men’s triathlon on Copacabana beach and Fort Copacabana writes Will Downing.

The Irish triathlete fought to get up into the mix, but was lying 38th after the 1.5km swim, 52 seconds down on leader Richard Varga of Slovakia, who was marginally ahead of the British Brownlee brothers, the Russian Polyanskiy brothers, and South Africa’s Henri Schoeman.