Marileidy Paulino Saves Energy for a Hard End of the 400 Meters in the World Championship of Athletics

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Dominican Marileidy Paulino chose to manage forces heading towards the final 400 meters of the World Championship of athletics and her attempt to revalidate the title.

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Dominican Marileidy Paulino, after correcting a mistake at the start of the semi-final race, qualified second in her series (49.82) for the final of the 400 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Paulino, also an Olympic champion in Paris, came second behind Poland's Natalia Bukowiecka (49.67), and just five hundredths ahead of Norway's Henriette Jaeger (49.87), who was eliminated and had options until almost the end. "I wanted to…