IRELAND’S ARTHUR LANIGAN-O’Keeffe has won a bronze medal at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup final in Kazakhstan.

His achievement comes after Natalya Coyle missed out on a podium place on Friday despite a strong performance in her final.

The Kilkenny man was in joint fifth place after the fencing on Thursday and subsequently put himself in a medal position on Saturday following the swimming, horse riding and run-shoot.

The top two positions were claimed by South Korea in the end, with Jinhwa Jung taking gold while Woongtae Jun came home in second place.

Both Lanigan-O’Keeffe and Coyle will bid for a third consecutive mixed relay title at this tournament after successes in 2016 and 2017.

Lanigan-O’Keefe previously claimed gold at last month’s World Cup event in Bulgaria, while Coyle finished in second place.

3rd in WORLD CUP FINAL for @ArthurLOK1!!
What an amazing man!! Incredible result!! Amazing!!#TeamIreland pic.twitter.com/LLQoJeDJ8P

— Natalya Coyle (@Natalyacoyle) June 23, 2018

BRONZE 🥉 goes to ARTHUR LANIGAN-O KEEFFE 🇮🇪 in the Men’s Final at the UIPM #PentathlonWorldCupFinal 🏆- congratulations #5uperathlete 💐 pic.twitter.com/XRrct23AkG

— UIPM - World Pentathlon (@WorldPentathlon) June 23, 2018

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