Dominican Olympian Marileidy Paulino is ranked first in the world in the 400m race. Fellow competitor Fiordaliza Cofil is ranked fourth. Diario Libre highlights that Marileidy Paulino is the first Dominican woman to ever achieve the top ranking in athletics or any individual Olympic sport in the Dominican Republic. In track and field, only Olympian Felix Sánchez has led the world ranking in the 400m hurdles.
The top 10 competitors in the event are: Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic), Shaunae Miller-Uibo (The Bahamas), Sada Williams (Barbados), Fiordaliza Cofil (Dominican Republic) and Femke Bol (The Netherlands), Candice McLeod (Jamaica), Lieke Klaver (The Netherlands), Natalia Kaczmarek (Poland), Stephenie Ann McPherson (Jamaica) and Anne Kielbasinska (Poland).
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World Athletics
Diario Libre
17 May 2023