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Olympic triathlon champion Cassandre Beaugrand talks Ironman, LA 2028 and legacy

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It’s been a quite incredible 12 months for French triathlon superstar Cassandre Beaugrand, but the future could be even brighter.

The 27-year-old prodigy has delivered on all the rich promise she always possessed, notably when claiming a fabulous Olympic Games gold medal on home soil at Paris 2024. She then followed up by being crowned world champion at the WTCS Grand Final.

Beaugrand has begun 2025 in similarly rich form, claiming victory at both the T1 Lievin Indoor Triathlon Cup and last Saturday at the Supertri E World Championship.

Right now the French short-course star is an unstoppable force, but what does the future hold, and will it see her race over longer distances?

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Could Beaugrand race an Ironman?

Cassandre explored that topic when she was a guest on the excellent Triathlon Mockery podcast, in a fascinating and wide-ranging interview (watch in full at the bottom of this article). Her answer was emphatic.

“I don’t have a career in IRONMAN for sure, I’m trying to say maybe I can commit to a 70.3, that would be my only try, but Ironman, No, No, No! I don’t think so,” she replied.

Cassandre Beaugrand wins T1 Indoor Triathlon World Cup Lievin 2025
Cassandre Beaugrand celebrates winning the T1 Lievin Indoor Triathlon Cup [Photo credit: World Triathlon]

That answer might pique the interest of the Professional Triathletes Organisation and IRONMAN, who would no doubt love to have the French sensation on the start line at a T100 Triathlon World Tour event or a 70.3 Pro Series race.

Ready for more Olympic success

There is no doubt that the absolutely definite plan for Beaugrand is to pursue more Olympic Games glory in Los Angeles in 2028 – she is insistent that she wants her name to go down in the sport’s history books.

“Do you remember more someone by the title the person got or do you remember more the career of someone? For me it is more about the career.

“Why should I stop now? I have nothing to lose now, so it’s even better because I’ve accomplished what I wanted to accomplish, it was the best moment of my career. Now I have nothing to lose, I can go after more wins, I want more wins. I enjoy what I am doing, I have such a good life and like okay, it’s not easy every day but it is a luxury what we do.”

Cassandre Beaugrand Paris 2024 Olympic Games podium
Paris 2024 Olympic Games by Wagner Araujo (@wags.photo)

However, it took Beaugrand a while to alter her mindset following last summer’s success on home soil.

“I did struggle to find what was next after the Olympics, it was like how can I do better? But I asked myself and I was like, I just want to make history – for my sport and for myself.

“In France we have had Vince [Luis], he’s made a lot of history for the country, he brings so much to the sport, and when he said he was done it was sad because he was the one who made triathlon big in France. I want to do the same, or maybe if I can do better.”

“I like that when I see kids after races, like last weekend, I see them so happy, they wanted to see me race. I just imagine myself that age looking at athletes.”

Stuart Dick
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Stuart Dick
Stuart is a graduate of the University of Sunderland with a masters' degree in Sports Journalism. He spends a lot of his time running and cycling around West Yorkshire, England.
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