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Olympic champ Beaugrand to sit out Euro athletics

PARIS: Olympic triathlon champion Cassandre Beaugrand will not take part in next month’s European championships in Birmingham, her agent said on Monday.

Beaugrand had turned her attention to the trackthisseasonafteratough2024-25seasonduring which she lost her world triathlon crown.

It was a bet that paid off, the 29-year-old setting a French record over 5,000m since bettered by Sarah Madeleine and also a national record in the 3,000m at the Diamond League meet in Monaco.

After that Monaco performance, Beaugrand said: ‘We will see if I change my mind, and maybe run in Birmingahm.

‘It’s going to be a tactical race, so not sure if I am good at it.’-AFP