
French triathlete Cassandre Beaugrand, 29, won her second triathlon world champion title on Saturday in Pontevedra, Spain, beating Britons Georgia Taylor-Brown and Kate Waugh by more than a minute, following her 2024 world title and Olympic gold in Paris.
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Cassandre Beaugrand had already won the triathlon world title in 2024 as well as the Olympic gold medal at the Paris Games the same year.
On top of the world. French Olympic triathlon champion Cassandre Beaugrand won a second world champion title on Saturday in Pontevedra (Spain).
After the 2024 world title, the year in which she also won Olympic gold in Paris, the 29-year-old triathlete flew through the world final, in Galicia, ahead of the British Georgia Taylor-Brown and Kate Waugh, relegated to more than a minute.
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Beaugrand joins the closed circle of triathletes who have been crowned world champions at least twice, behind Bermuda athlete Flora Duffy and her four titles and Australian Emma Snowsill (3 titles).
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Cassandre Beaugrand will participate in the next triathlon world championships in order to defend her title
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