The World Triathlon Podcast

• #100 CASSANDRE BEAUGRAND: The Making of an Olympic Champion

  A very special guest joins the podcast to mark the 100th episode, the Paris 2024 Olympic Triathlon Champion Cassandre Beaugrand!It is a deeply honest hour in the company of our Olympic and World Champion, each story revealing a little more about just where all the grit, determination and competitive spirit that has taken the 27-year-old to the very top of the sport came from.Cass explains why she so cherished the support of teammate Leonie Periault, even when she was being ‘a nightmare’ to train with, why she was so envious of the cool, calm spirit of Andrea Hewitt, and why she threw up all over her feet next to Georgia Taylor Brown in Paris.SHOW NOTES02:20 – 'All change' - Why she is joining coach Glenn Poleunis in Girona and saying goodbye to Loughborough13:17 – ‘How success feels’ - Releasing the pressure, the 5km French record and Lievin19:40 – ‘Early years’ - Growing up in Paris, losing her mum, moving to Antibes23:50 – ‘All change’ - Leaving her father as coach and moving to Montpelier27:45 – ‘Bad mindset’ - Being hard to coach and pushing too much in training31:37 – ‘Good people’ – Support of Stephanie Gros and Leonie Periault33:25 – 'Christmas present’ – Being the youngest woman at Rio 201637:20 – 'Shattered dreams' – The trouble with Tokyo41:40 – 'I need a plan' – The move to Loughborough45:26 – 'Pain threshold' – Pain and gains in WTCS Cagliari52:08 – 'Paris panic' – The rain returns on Olympics day57:00 – 'Lost at sea' – Turning it around in Torremolinos

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• NEW TRIATHLON PERSPECTIVES ON THE PATH TO LA 2028

  A new perspective with World Triathlon's Kris Gemmell.Welcome to the start of a revealing new series that takes a wider look at the World Triathlon ecosystem as we head towards the LA 2028 Olympic Games, with insights from New Zealand Olympian turned Head of Commercial at World Triathlon, Kris Gemmell.Just days after winning the first new-look T1 Indoor World Cup, we cover the rise and rise of Cassandre Beaugrand to becoming the best triathlete in the world, what could be the irresistible lure of a home Games for Taylor Knibb and USA Triathlon, rules, regulations and something of a 2025 Championship Series exclusive...PODCAST #100 INCOMING WITH CASSANDRE BEAUGRANDDon't forget to email [email protected] with any questions for the Olympic and World Champion, our very special guest on podcast #100, for a chance to win a year subscription to TriathlonLive.tv.--LINKS & RESOURCESWATCH CASSANDRE BEAUGRAND WIN IN LIEVIN over on the World Triathlon YouTube channelWhere you will also find the channel's most watched video featuring a certain Kris Gemmell.Before Beth Potter and Cassandre Beaugrand go toe-to-toe for the first time this year at the supertri E World Triathlon Championships, watch back the highlights of their 2024 battle!--Sign up to TriathlonLive.tv and never miss a minute of the action!Email the podcast via [email protected] up to THE APEX - World Triathlon's weekly newsletter - for more news and views from around the sport, straight to your inbox every Friday!

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• #99 - Hayden Wilde & Morgan Pearson: WTCS ABU DHABI

  🚨 RACE WEEK! 🚨Two of the stars of the Paris 2024 Olympic Triathlon - and indeed Tokyo 2020 - Hayden Wilde and Morgan Pearson (Morgan's bit starts from 20m30s) look ahead to the weekend's big season opener WTCS Abu Dhabi. They talk title chances, the young contenders ready to try and ramp the run pace up even further in 2025, and the prospect of some big T100 debuts.It's just a taster people! Stand by for full the in depth interviews coming to a screen near you soon! And of course episode 100 of the World Triathlon Podcast! Thanks for listening 💪📺 WATCH WTCS ABU DHABI ON TRIATHLONLIVE.TV15 February from 2pm

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• #98 - Tilda Mansson: the Swedish Rocket

  The second Olympic Qualification Period saw a meteoric rise to the Paris 2024 start line for Sweden's Tilda Mansson. From 2022 Junior World Champion to multiple World Cup podiums in the space of a whirlwind 12 months, the 20-year-old has bypassed U23 racing entirely and heads for a remarkable third Championship Finals of a young career in Torremolinos. With LA 2028 the next major target, the interim years will be earmarked for refining her talent, but the memories - and stories - from the Paris swim and beyond still have plenty of time to be told... Watch Mansson's brilliant Bergen World Cup win

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• #97 JOHN REED - USA TRIATHLON'S NEXT BIG THING?

  USA's John Reed heads into this year's U23 World Championships on a mission to crown what has already been a brilliant breakthrough 2024. The rising star discusses his debut Series appearances, first World Cup win in Karlovy Vary and a sparkling WTCS Weihai, and hits his last U23 start line knowing that if he can take home a medal, it would catapult him into the next Olympic cycle and towards a huge home Games at LA 2028.

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