Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe’s Olympic dream suffers major setback

The Kilkenny pentathlete – a former European champion and Pentathlon World Cup gold medallist who finished 8th at the Rio 2016 Olympics – now has only one remaining opportunity to qualify for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games.

COME BACK STRONG: Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe was forced to withdraw from the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final in Hungary.

Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe’s dream of competing in a third Olympic Games this summer suffered a major setback as he was forced to withdraw from the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final in Hungary.

Lanigan-O’Keeffe, 29, ranked 15th in swimming today having earned 21st place in the fencing ranking round on Thursday, but he pulled out before the fencing bonus round after suffering the recurrence of an injury.