Coyle is going to Rio

Tara's Natalya Coyle confirmed on ther official twitter page last night that she has booked her place at the Rio Olympic Games this summer.

'It's official!! I've qualified for the Olympics!! Over the moon,:' Coyle announced.

https://twitter.com/Natalyacoyle/status/743079966305292289

Pentathlon Ireland also made the announcement confirming Coyle would join Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe, who had already booked his ticket to Rio by winning last year's European Championships, in representing Ireland this summer.

Head coach for Pentathlon Ireland’s High Performance Program Andy MacKenzie said: “Both athletes have made continuous improvement over the last four years, and have become multiple medalists with Arthur as the current European Champion.

'We are very grateful for the ongoing support of our High Performance programme by Sport Ireland, which has made this possible. Both Natalya and Arthur are extremely proud and excited to be representing Ireland for the second time at the summer Olympics”.