He won the 400-meter final.
As always, unique and singular, Marileidy Paulino took the gold medal in the 400 meters flat to crown a showy cycle of competition in the French capital with her second Olympic metal.
It was the best seconds that the Dominican Republic has ever experienced in the Olympics, because in addition to her 48.17, which earned her the gold medal, it also served her to take the Olympic record for the complete lap, improved with seven hundredths of a second less.
She thus broke the Olympic record on French soil, which belonged to Marie-Jose Perec (France), who was left behind with a 48.25.
She was the first Dominican woman to stand on an Olympic podium, when she was part of the silver medal of the mixed 4×400 relay; the first to win a Diamond League and now the first Dominican with an Olympic gold.
She also gives the first gold to her country in these Olympic Games 2024, the third lifetime gold in athletics and the 15th in the Dominican historical medal list.
She proved her favorite status by dominating the last competitions of her event and makes it historic Friday on a soaking wet Stade de France track.
Source:Diariolibre.com
