Olympics-Athletics-Dominican Republic's Paulino surges to 400m gold

Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 400m Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 09, 2024. Marileidy Paulino of Dominican Republic celebrates after winning gold. REUTERS/Phil Noble

PARIS (Reuters) -Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino surged to victory in the 400 metres on Friday to add Olympic gold to her world title.

Paulino, who won silver in Tokyo, has been unbeaten over the distance at four consecutive athletics meets this year and stormed to a comfortable lead halfway through the lap, finishing in 48.17 seconds.