Ireland won a fifth medal on the second and final day of the UIPM 2018 Laser Run World Championships at Trinity College, Dublin, with Kate Coleman Lenehan and Tom O’Brien teaming up to secure bronze in the Mixed Relay.
Both athletes had won individual silver on Saturday and they came within a few seconds of emulating that feat but this time Harry Lane of Great Britain got the better of his cross-channel rival O’Brien on the final 800m lap of the relay.
Ireland claimed bronze behind silver medallists Great Britain (Lane/Jessica Varley) and champions Hungary (Bence Kardos/Blanka Guzi).
On day one, as well as the two individual silvers, Ireland had won team gold in the senior women’s event (Coleman Lenehan, Eilidh Prise and Grace Culhane) and silver in the girls’ Under-19 category (Culhane, Grace Costello and Leah O’Neill).
The championships ended with a mass-participation charity team relay, raising funds for the LauraLynn Foundation.
Reflecting on her third medal, Coleman Lenehan said: "After yesterday we really felt it in the legs, but it was great to win another medal.
"There were some very fast people out there, but being at home also helped because we had everyone rooting for us.
"This sport is so accessible: you can run anywhere you want and Pentathlon Ireland are trying to get more of the laser equipment so that we can get more people into the sport."
