Marileidy Paulino dominates at Grand Slam Track 2025 in Philadelphia, cashes in US$200,000

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Paris Olympic gold medalist Marileidy Paulino capped off an impressive weekend by winning the 200-meter dash during the third day of the Grand Slam Track (GST) 2025 at Philadelphia’s iconic Franklin Field on Sunday, 1 June 2025. Paulino clocked a seasonal best time of 22.46 seconds, solidifying her dominance in the tournament organized by athletics legend Michael Johnson.

She was the long sprints champion of the meet. The win in Philadelphia also means cash prizes of US$100,000 for each race for Paulino, or US$200,000 over the weekend.

Isabella Whittaker of the United States placed second with a time of 22.82 seconds, followed by Jessika Gbai in third with 22.85 seconds, and Salwa Eid Nasser in fourth with 22.90 seconds.

Marileidy Paulino is the first and only winner of an Olympic gold medal for the Dominican Republic. Her weekend performance earned her...

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Marileidy goes from strength to strength with all her amazing achievements and I hope that she goes on to win many more events. Truly inspirational. On a side note, the author should reword the text 'Marileidy Paulino is the first and only winner of an Olympic gold medal for the Dominican Republic' as this is not true. Whilst she is the first Dominican female athlete to win a gold last year in the Paris Olympics, there were 3 gold medals before her. Felix Sanchez has won 2 gold medals for 400m hurdles in the 2004 and the 2012 Olympic games and Manuel Felix Diaz won a gold in the 2008 Olympics for boxing.