{"id":482776,"date":"2025-09-14T08:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T12:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/marileidy-paulino-advances-to-the-semifinals-of-the-tokyo-world-championships-after-dominating-her-heat\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T08:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T12:04:34","slug":"marileidy-paulino-advances-to-the-semifinals-of-the-tokyo-world-championships-after-dominating-her-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/athletics\/marileidy-paulino-advances-to-the-semifinals-of-the-tokyo-world-championships-after-dominating-her-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Marileidy Paulino advances to the semifinals of the Tokyo World Championships after dominating her heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<em>Tokyo, Japan<\/em>. Olympic and world champion Marileidy Paulino started her participation in the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships with a firm step by winning her qualifying round of the 400-meter dash, with a time of <strong>49.85 seconds<\/strong>, which secured her classification to the semifinals of the specialty.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/atletismo\/marileidy-paulino-abre-defensa-de-su-titulo-mundial-este-domingo-en-tokio\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/atletismo\/marileidy-paulino-abre-defensa-de-su-titulo-mundial-este-domingo-en-tokio\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arileidy Paulino opens defense of her world title this Sunday in Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nPaulino dominated her heat from start to finish, showing physical strength and tactical control. In the final stretch, she accelerated with power to leave behind the British <strong>Amber Anning (49.96s)<\/strong> and <strong>Bassant Hemida (50.36s)<\/strong>, who finished in second and third place respectively.\n\nWith this performance, the Don Gregorio sprinter reaffirms her status as the favorite to revalidate the world title she won in Budapest 2023 and continue adding achievements to her brilliant international career.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heat 6 of the women\u2019s 400m<br><br>Marileidy Paulino\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4 49.85s<br>Amber Anning\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 49.96s<br>Bassant Hemida\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec 50.36s (NR) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7RVOTK2yZ\">pic.twitter.com\/q7RVOTK2yZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Plantain Hashira (@femii_p) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/femii_p\/status\/1967185233993957498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nThe women&#8217;s 400-meter semi-final is scheduled for this <strong>Tuesday, September 16th at 6:20 a.m. (Dominican time)<\/strong>. Paulino will start as one of the main contenders for gold, thanks to her consistency and her best season mark, <strong>48.18 seconds<\/strong>, which places her among the fastest in the world along with strong rivals such as <strong>Sydney McLaughlin<\/strong> and <strong>Salwa Eid Naser<\/strong>, also qualified for the next round.\n\nThe Dominican athlete, Olympic champion in Paris 2024, continues to demonstrate that she is the undisputed queen of the 400-meter flat race, keeping alive her country&#8217;s illusion for another historic day in world athletics.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo, Japan. Olympic and world champion Marileidy Paulino started her participation in the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships with a firm step by winning her qualifying round of the 400-meter dash, with a time of 49.85 seconds, which secured her classification to the semifinals of the specialty. 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