Cassandre Beaugrand conquers Paris to become the 2024 Olympic Champion

by Doug Gray/World Triathlon Media

It was a race quite unlike any we have ever seen, and the result that rocked the streets of Paris, as French star Cassandre Beaugrand soared to Olympic gold on Wednesday morning on the Pont Alexandre III.

The swim had tested the field to the maximum, the current demanding huge reserves of energy on the route back to the pontoon as Flora Duffy spearheaded the field, before the lead bike pack whittled down to nine at the bell.

Early into the run it was Julie Derron leading the way with Beth Potter and Emma Lombardi alongside Beaugrand and slicing through the streets together as Georgia Taylor-Brown and Flora Duffy’s challenges faded, before Beaugrand detonated the final kilometre and pulled away.

Behind her it was Switzerland’s Julie Derron with an outstanding silver, Britain’s Beth Potter with the bronze ahead of Lombardi.