{"id":483157,"date":"2025-09-16T21:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/i-wanted-to-expend-as-little-energy-as-possible-marileidy-paulino-after-qualifying-for-the-world-championship-final-in-tokyo\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T21:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:30:28","slug":"i-wanted-to-expend-as-little-energy-as-possible-marileidy-paulino-after-qualifying-for-the-world-championship-final-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/athletics\/i-wanted-to-expend-as-little-energy-as-possible-marileidy-paulino-after-qualifying-for-the-world-championship-final-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I wanted to expend as little energy as possible&#8221;: Marileidy Paulino after qualifying for the World Championship final in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<strong>Tokyo.<\/strong> \u2013 Olympic and world champion <strong>Marileidy Paulino<\/strong> secured her place in the final of the <strong>400 meters flat<\/strong> at the <strong>2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships<\/strong>, after finishing second in her semifinal heat with a time of <strong>49.82 seconds<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may be interested in:<em><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/atletismo\/video-marileidy-paulino-clasifica-a-la-final-del-mundial-de-atletismo-en-tokio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video: Marileidy Paulino qualifies for the Athletics World Championship final in To<\/a><\/em>kio<\/p>\n\n\nThe 28-year-old Dominican sprinter corrected a mistake at the start and maintained control of the race until the final stretch, where she crossed behind the Polish <strong>Natalia Bukowiecka<\/strong> (49.67) and ahead of the Norwegian <strong>Henriette Jaeger<\/strong> (49.87), who was eliminated.\n\n\u201c<strong>I wanted to expend the least amount of energy possible to reach the final. I am motivated to surpass myself as long as my age and physique allow me. God and I will make history here<\/strong>\u201d, Paulino expressed at the end of the test.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rivalry in the final<\/h3>\n\n\nIn the decisive race, Paulino will have as his main rival the American <strong>Sidney McLaughlin-Levrone<\/strong>, double Olympic champion in the 400 hurdles and one of the big favorites.\n\nAnother prominent presence in the final will be the Cuban <strong>Roxana G\u00f3mez<\/strong>, multiple national champion, who qualified with 49.78 seconds, the sixth-best time among the eight finalists.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Date with History<\/h3>\n\n\nThe 400-meter final is scheduled for this <strong>Thursday at 9:24 a.m. (Dominican time)<\/strong>. Paulino will seek to climb the podium again and conquer his <strong>third medal in World Championships<\/strong>, after the silver in Eugene 2022 and the gold in Budapest 2023.\n\nWith this ranking, the Dominican sprinter keeps alive the hope of continuing to expand her legacy as one of the great figures of Latin American and Caribbean athletics.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo. \u2013 Olympic and world champion Marileidy Paulino secured her place in the final of the 400 meters flat at the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships, after finishing second in her semifinal heat with a time of 49.82 seconds. You may be interested in:Video: Marileidy Paulino qualifies for the Athletics World Championship final in Tokio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":483158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[37569],"tags":[611,40231,15232,41186],"class_list":["post-483157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-athletics","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-marileidy-paulino","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-21GR","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/20250916_212245.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Athletics"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/20250916_212245.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}