Marelidi Paulino is close to making her debut in the 2023 Diamond League season

The Dominican sprinter will come out to defend her title in 2022 as she dominated the 400m competition.

Double Olympic medalist and 2022 season champion Diamond LeagueDominican Marilady Paolinois about to begin the defense of the title he won last year, when he goes out to compete next Friday, May 5th at Doha, The State of Qatar. The 2023 season of the world’s top athletics league is set to run throughout the year and culminate in a final Eugenein the United States, over the weekend of September 16 and 17.

The contest will award points for the next rating Paris Olympics 2024.

Paolino, who dominated the 2022 season in the 400-meter flat race from the start, one year after taking the silver medal twice in Tokyo 2020, he finished last season by winning all four races in which he participated, out of a possible nine. He had victories in Doha with a time of 51.20, at lace With a mark of 50.10, in Lausanne with a time of 49.87 and closed the year at Zurich with his best mark of the year, 48.99 seconds.

But this year, the Dominican will not open the year by competing with the gold medal winner in Tokyo 2020, Shawna Miller Uibonor against his countryman, Fiordalisa Covelwho will not be racing in Doha. Paulino will face runners known as Stephenie Ann McPhersonAnd echo williamsAnd Candace MacLeod And Natalya Kachmarek.

Alexandre Ogando will also make his debut in Doha

Marilady Paolino She will not be the only Dominican active in Qatar during the start of the 2023 season. Alexander Gando He will see action in the 200m, where he has had a respectable turnout during the 2022 season.

Will face the gold medal from Tokyo 2020Andre de Grasse, as well as other famous runners of caliber Kenneth Bednarik And Joseph Fahnboulawho left the silver and bronze medals, respectively, at the last edition of the Olympic Games.