Modern pentathlete Olivia Green is hoping her European Games success can translate to gold on the Olympic stage next summer.

The 23-year-old from Oldham roared to bronze in Poland, overpowering her opponents in the laser run to cross the line in third and clinch Team GB a Paris 2024 quota spot in the women’s event.

Green is one of Britain’s brightest stars in the sport, finishing fifth at the World Championships last year.

And with a bronze medal for Team GB around her neck, the modern pentathlete is now ready for her first taste of Olympic competition with now less than a year to the Games in the French capital.

While not guaranteed a spot just yet with potentially two women’s places for Team GB available but more than two athletes may achieve the qualifying standard before the deadline of May 2024.

But Green has put herself in a strong position.

She said: “I can’t believe the 2024 Olympics are so close.

“It feels like the Tokyo Games were really recent but now we’re just a year away from Paris.

“The Olympics are the big goal for all of us and I am determined to be part of the team next summer.

“I was so pleased to finally get an individual medal at the Europeans, I’ve been so close to the podium a few times over the past 18 months.

“Because of the nature of pentathlon, with its five different sports, it requires experience to put them all together on one day and it takes a while to get to that level.

“Doing that at the Europeans proved to myself that I can do it.”

Green has another opportunity to shine later this month after being named part of a 12-strong Pentathlon GB team for the UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Championships that take place at their Bath National Training Centre between August 19-28.

This year’s Modern Pentathlon World Championships are the first to be staged in Britain since 2009 and will be contested in the new 90-minute format.

Spectators will be able to watch the fencing, horse-riding and laser run live from their seats in an outdoor arena at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, while the swimming section – taking place in the University’s Olympic-sized pool – will be broadcast via a large video screen in the stadium.

And Green is excited to be competing on home soil.

She added: “I’m really looking forward to the World Championships, they are the biggest competition of the year and to have them on home soil, competing in front of family and friends, is going to be an amazing experience.

“I am definitely going into them feeling more relaxed after earning a Paris Olympic quota place for Team GB at the European Games last month.

“My main job for this year was to get that Olympic place and it has taken a lot of pressure off.

“I can enjoy it but it is also a World Championships, so I obviously want to perform to my best.

“I started training at the University of Bath in 2018 and was a spectator when we staged the European Championships there in 2019.

“It was a brilliant atmosphere and great to watch but it’s even better to actually be a part of it this time round.”

n Daily tickets for the event are priced from just £5, with entry to Pentathlon Finals Day on Sunday, August 27 - when both the men’s and women’s champions will be crowned - priced from £15 for adults and £5 concessions. Visit www.wch23.org to buy tickets.