Dominican Paris Olympic gold medal winner Marileidy Paulino capped off an intense 2025 with a 50.07 win of the invitation-only Athlos NYC athletics competition in New York City on 10 October. The win also came with US$60,000 in prize money.
She defeated her arch rival throughout the year, Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain who clocked in second with a time of 50.94. Naser is coached by Dominican Jose Ludwig Rubio.
Athlos NYC Women’s 400 M Final
Place | Athlete | Country | Time
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1 | Marileidy Paulino | Dominican Rep. | 50.07
2 | Salwa Eid Naser | Bahrain | 50.94
3 | Henriette Jaeger | Norway | 51.24
4 | Alexis Holmes | USA | 51.74
5 | Lynna Irby-Jackson | USA | 51.93
6 | Amber Anning | Great Britain | 52.86
Next year, Paulino is expected to duel Sydney McLaughlin and Salwa Eid Naser throughout the 2026 season.
In comments after the race, Paulino expressed her appreciation for a great year in which she was able to accomplish a lifelong goal of running below 48 seconds. During the World Athletics Championship held in Tokyo, Japan, she clocked in at 47.98 to win the silver medal in the 400m behind Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the USA, who is a world champion in the 400M hurdle champion and ran this race in Japan 2025, where she also broke the 48 second mark with a 47.78, setting a World Athletics race record.
She became the first Latin American woman to run under 48 seconds when she won silver in the 2025 World Championships McLaughlin beat Paulino in the photo-finish race when setting a new national record for the 400m at 47.98.
Athlos NYC was in its second year. It is a 6-track competition that lasted for around two hours to a full crowd at the Randalls Island Icahn Stadium in New York on 10 October 2025. The high jump event was held in specially prepared track in Times Square.
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