The women’s individual race at Paris 2024 provide an intoxicating spectacle in France early on Wednesday as French favourite Cassandre Beaugrand roared to a brilliant victory on home soil.
The 27-year-old, who trains like men’s champion Alex Yee at Loughborough, produced her trademark finishing kick to repel the challenges of Switzerland’s surprise package Julie Derron and Great Britain’s Beth Potter to claim gold in some style.
Defending champion Flora Duffy meanwhile produced a gallant performance after only returning to competition recently from a long spell out with a serious knee injury. For Beaugrand’s French team-mate Emma Lombardi it was tears meanwhile as she agonisingly missed out on a medal in fourth.
It was a painful day quite literally for several athletes as the race produced a number of spills during a bike leg which hurtled through the streets of Paris on treacherous roads and cobbles after rain had preceded the start of the big event.
Here is a full rundown on what happened to all of the 55 starters who made it such an epic morning at Paris 2024.
Olympic Games Triathlon Full Results at Paris 2024
Elite Women – Wednesday July 31, 2024 (1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run)
Here is the full finishing order from the women’s race on Wednesday:
- 1. Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) – 1:54:55
- 2. Julie Derron (SUI) – 1:55:01
- 3. Beth Potter (GBR) – 1:55:10
- 4. Emma Lombardi (FRA) – 1:55:16
- 5. Flora Duffy (BER) – 1:56:12
- 6. Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) – 1:56:35
- 7. Maya Kingma (NED) – 1:56:53
- 8. Laura Lindemann (GER) – 1:57:01
- 9. Lisa Tertsch (GER) – 1:57:03
- 10. Taylor Spivey (USA) – 1:57:11
- 11. Maria Tomé (POR) – 1:57:13
- 12. Nina Eim (GER) – 1:57:13
- 13. Roksana Slupek (POL) – 1:57:16
- 14. Rachel Klamer (NED) – 1:57:39
- 15. Kate Waugh (GBR) – 1:57:48
- 16. Alice Betto (ITA) – 1:57:56
- 17. Anna Godoy Contreras (ESP) – 1:58:13
- 18. Rosa Maria Tapia Vidal (MEX) – 1:58:29
- 19. Taylor Knibb (USA) – 1:58:37
- 20. Djenyfer Arnold (BRA) – 1:58:45
- 21. Sophie Linn (AUS) – 1:58:52
- 22. Bianca Seregni (ITA) – 1:59:11
- 23. Tilda Månsson (SWE) – 1:59:22
- 24. Jolien Vermeylen (BEL) – 1:59:44
- 25. Vittoria Lopes (BRA) – 2:00:10
- 26. Zsanett Kuttor-Bragmayer (HUN) – 2:00:24
- 27. Leonie Periault (FRA) – 2:00:40
- 28. Xinyu Lin (CHN) – 2:00:50
- 29. Petra Kurikova (CZE) – 2:01:02
- 30. Lizeth Rueda Santos (MEX) – 2:01:18
- 31. Nicole Van Der Kaay (NZL) – 2:01:33
- 32. Julia Hauser (AUT) – 2:01:44
- 33. Miriam Casillas Garcia (ESP) – 2:01:46
- 34. Elizabeth Bravo (ECU) – 2:01:49
- 35. Emy Legault (CAN) – 2:01:54
- 36. Alberte Kjær Pedersen (DEN) – 2:02:02
- 37. Maria Carolina Velasquez Soto (COL) – 2:02:13
- 38. Claire Michel (BEL) – 2:02:22
- 39. Verena Steinhauser (ITA) – 2:02:35
- 40. Yuko Takahashi (JPN) – 2:02:42
- 41. Erica Hawley (BER) – 2:02:55
- 42. Natalie Van Coevorden (AUS) – 2:03:01
- 43. Cathia Schär (SUI) – 2:03:28
- 44. Ainsley Thorpe (NZL) – 2:03:48
- 45. Melanie Santos (POR) – 2:03:48
- 46. Vicky Van Der Merwe (RSA) – 2:05:16
- 47. Romina Biagioli (ARG) – 2:05:36
- 48. Solveig Løvseth (NOR) – 2:05:49
- 49. Kirsten Kasper (USA) – 2:06:38
- 50. Lisa Perterer (AUT) – 2:07:27
- 51. Edda Hannesdotti (ISL) – 2:10:46
- DNF: Manami Iijima (GUM)
- DNF: Jeanne Lehair (LUX)
- DNF: Lotte Miller (NOR)
- DNF: Ekaterina Shabalina (KAZ)
Fastest Splits
Cassandre Beaugrand clinched gold with a trademark run timed at 32:42, the fastest of the day. Flora Duffy had kicked things off in style by blasting away to the fastest swim in 22:05, while the fastest bike leg came from Maria Tomé of Portugal (57:34).
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