Once more, Paris Olympic gold medal winner Marileidy Paulino showed her elite class when she clocked in first in the 400 and 200 meter races in the Grand Slam athletics meet in Miami, Florida. She takes home US$100,000 in cash prize money for each win.
In 2024, Paulino was the queen of the 400. In 2025, she has added 200m races, too. In the Miami race, she clocked in first at 22.30, a new national record for the Dominican Republic, and her own personal best.
Right behind her was Salw Eid Naser, competing for Bahrein, and who has the peculiarity of being coached by Dominican Jose Ludwig Rubio, the same coach who delivered the DR’s 200 meter silver medalist in London 2012 Olympics, Luguelin Santos. Coming in third, was US runner Isabella Whittaker, who clocked 22.76.
On Friday, 2 May 2025, in the same tournament, Paulino clocked in at 49.21 in the 400m, to win first...
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