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This time, Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrein, coached by Dominican coach Jose Ludwig Rubio, came in first in the Diamond League 400m final, clocking 48.70, a meet record. She had lost all previous confrontations with Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic.

In the Zurich Diamond League finals, Henriette Jaeger of Norway was third with a national record time of 49.49.

Marileidy Paulino was second, clocking 49.23 in the 400m finals. Previously, Paulino had won all her Diamond League races.

The competitors will meet again in Tokyo, for the World Athletics Championships from 13 to 21 September 2025. Paulino’s training has been geared towards winning the 400m in that event, the most important on the track calendar.

Paulino already is the owner of the 400m Olympic record in the women’s 400m, set in the final at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where she won gold with a time of 48.17 seconds, enough to break the previous Olympic record of 48.25 seconds set by Marie-José Pérec in 1996...

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