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Athletics: Marileidy Paulino wins women’s 400m in Olympic record time
Time for the women’s 400m final. This features Sada Williams in lane 2, Rhasidat Adeleke in lane 4, world champion Marileidy Paulino in lane 6, Natalia Kaczmarek in lane 7, and 2019 world champion Salwa Eid Naser in lane 8.
Off they go! It’s a good start from Naser in lane 8, but Paulino is gaining! And now the Dominican Republic athlete is in the lead, clearly, on the straight!
She’s going to win gold at a canter! 48.17, a new Olympic record to take down Marie-José Pérec’s mark from 1996!
Naser wins silver in 48.53 and Kaczmarek outsprints Adeleke on the straight to take bronze in 48.98.