Back to reality, because “it’s not the same with guitar as with violin”. The world number one in the 400 meters, Marileidy Paulino, ignited the recent Central American and Caribbean Games with gold and brand included, but the loot in the Diamond League has much greater protection for those who claim it.
And on Sunday, against unexpected opponents, Paulino not only ended his streak, but finished just a distant third in Silesia, Poland, clocking 50.00, behind the infamous Natalia Kaczmarek (49.48) and Lieke Klaver (49.80).
Paulino will have the World Cup in Budapest in August to meet again with the qualitative standard of the Athletics Empire, aware that it is another competition.
And after thanking God for the past, “win or lose”, he sent this warning: “See you at the World Cup…”, through Twitter.
Now to resolve with your coach:
“What went wrong in the noise? In perhaps the most competitive race, but with a mediocre performance by the Dominican standard.
La Bala de Nizao, which at the Central American Games in San Salvador (49.95) pulverized the Games mark (50.56) and came from its best historical moment, with exuberant performances (Grand Prix Los Angeles and Diamond League Paris), must “reset ” so as not to lose the foreground.
She is compelled to overcome the blow received, because she will not face the global champion (Shaunae Miller-Wibo), but now it turns out that the World Cup and her second DL title are not as clear as they seemed until this blow.
Bump in Silesia
In her third test of four budgeted in the season and seven legs of the Diamond League prior to the final, Paulino was defeated by the local Natalia Kaczmarek, a Pole who set out to embitter the existence of the regional record holder.
As no one could have expected, Paulino (1455 points) was knocked out of his winning streak by two competitors with the lowest scoring index among the group of eight sprinters.
The Pole came to her land with almost a hundred points less than the number one in the world ranking (eighth place, with 1359) and Klaver (seventh / 1363).
Paulino had a string of twelve individual victories, including other tests in the 100m, 200m and 300m.
The previous loss had been almost a year ago (July 22, at the Oregon World Championships), where she settled for second place, behind Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo.
The double Olympic medalist and world champion by team had achieved the best personal and season historical mark of the globe -which prevails- (48.98 in the Los Angeles event).
Kaczmarek had no records to scare off: his best performance was 49.86, while in this season the most relevant was 50.02. And since it does not always happen that “no one is a prophet in his own land”, the Central European burst out against Paulino.
those of the podium
Olympic champion in mixed relay
Polish Natalia Kaczmarek, 25, shone at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, winning two gold medals in the mixed 4×400 meter relay and a silver medal in the women’s 4×400 meter relay.
Viral on social media
The athlete Lieke Klaver, representative of the Netherlands, is a sensation on social networks. On Instagram she has more than 680,000 followers. And on TikTok her videos are close to 2 million views.
He set his best time in the 400 meters with 49.80.