PARIS, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino set a new Olympic record to take gold in the women's 400m at the Paris Games on Friday.
Paulinho, the silver medalist in Tokyo three years ago, crossed the finish line in 48.17 seconds, eclipsing Marie-Jose Perec's previous record of 48.25 that had stood since 1996.
Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser took silver in 48.53 and Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek bronze in 48.98.
