Marileidy Paulino beats Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in Paris 400m - Wanda Diamond League 2023 

400m is not like the hurdles so I believe as time goes on Sydney will do better in the flat. It's a PB for her though❤

That’s because most people have no idea

​@Ian Barrett You have no idea what Sydney was doing in this race. Sydney wasn't even trying to win that race, because she would have beaten Paulino with ease.

Sydney lived up to the expectations of the one person that mattered. Bobby! You have to first understand what Bobby was looking for, in order to understand what Sydney was doing.

​@@sportsandlifestyles If Sydney was running to win that race, she would've won that race with ease. And if she was trying to set her 400m PB, her PB would've been 48 low.

Ta dura Paulino Dios la bendiga y que continue poniéndonos en el mapa.

Great assessment as sydney just ran 48.74 at u.s trials. This race was a stepping stone to getting faster later on the season.

Paulino is better at 400m, that's just it!

Sydney wasn't running a 400m race base on time so nothing was wrong with her race pattern.

Paulino was smiling and she looked very pleased with what she thought was a win. She has no idea what Bobby just did to her.

@@Track.Guru.Monkey you again 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️ are u in the training camp ? Where u inform that this was the race plan ?

@@yardgunner4033 You don't understand what you were looking at on Friday at the Paris DL or you wouldn't ask me about Sydney's race plan. Sydney wasn't racing at the Paris DL. What you saw on Friday was a training secession with Bob Kersee and Sydney, which was conducted under racing conditions at the Paris DL. It would serve you well to continue asking question rather than expressing your uninformed and misguided opinions about a sport that you know very little about.

LMAO she ran a 48.74 today.

I dont expect her to break the WR, im just excited to see her competing in this race

If you think WR expectations aren't realistic for Sydney McLauglin-Levrone, then you were under a rock for the last 4 years.

​@@farhahamani7672 Sydney is going to break that 400m WR of 47.60 for sure. Didn't you see her performance, it was amazing if you understand what she was doing.

Absolutely 😂

​@@Track.Guru.Monkey Until Sydney ditches the hurdles, I personally think Brittany Wilson has a better chance to break the 400m record, based on her trajectory as a 400m specialist. We'll see.

Espero que no se sientan decepcionados cuando Paulino sea derrotado en el Campeonato Mundial de Budapest.

​@@Track.Guru.Monkey😂😂😂 Claro, según tú, quien le ganará?

@@angelguillermo1722 Sydney McLaughlin será la clara ganadora si corre los 400 m, pero podría correr los 400 m con vallas. Si eso sucede, sería una carrera muy reñida entre Paulino, Slawa Eid Naser, Britton Wilson y Femke Bol. Cualquiera de ellos podría ganar, por lo que no sería una buena carrera para apostar dinero.

Santiago23, no pierdas tu tiempo. Que los fans de Sydney son enfermizos y en estado de camisa de fuerza. Para ellos solo existe ella y nadie más.

@@CarlosCastro_ Yo no entiendo cómo hay fanáticos tan ciegos, Sydney es muy talentosa pero ellos quieren que haga algo que no es tan fácil y que no lo va hacer por lo menos en esta temporada, antes de esta carrera tu leías comentarios ridículos sobre el tiempo que ella haría yo sólo miraba y me reía por los ridículos que eran ahora que la realidad los golpeó salen con que todo es parte de un plan 😂😂😂. Ellos creen que porque ella domina y tiene el récord mundial de los 400m con vallas ya iba a dominar aquí también es cómo decir que Warholm va a dominar y a romper el récord mundial de los 400m lisos por sus 45.94 con vallas.

Why do you think that the 400m WR of 47.60 is fraudulent when there is sufficient evidence to prove that it was legitimate.

There is a very simple explanation for why it hasn't been broken as yet. If you're expecting the likes of Shaunae Miller Uibo, Femke Bol, Paulino or Britton Wilson to break it you will be disappointed.

@@Track.Guru.Monkey Sorry but the East germans were notorious for doping their athletes back then. Unless you can provide irrefutable evidence, that record is mired and fraudulent.

Season opener, she hasn’t done this race since she was a teen. I think she was strategising and testing the waters.. more to come. You’ll see.

@@CertiDK Well she is definitely going to go under 49 seconds at some point. But I still don't see a sub 48. That's is still too far fetched for me

​@@CertiDK the only thing we'll see is her getting a good beating again 👀

@@afrobuddy4801 Sydney ran the 4th leg of the 4x400m at the 2022 World Championships in 47.91 and her leg was 403m. Digest that and look at the data from this race and you will see that Sydney wasn't even trying to win this race or set a PB, she started of at a pace that was on target to run sub 47.00 when the WR is 47.60 and she held that pace through the 300m mark until the wheels fell off between 330m -340m. The fact that she was able to hold on to finish in 49.71 shows how much superior she is to your 400m Queen Shaunae Miller-Uibo because in 2017 when Shaunae wheels fell off in the World Championship Finals in London she only manages to run 50.49 to finish outside the Medals in 4th. Had she been able to hold her form like Sydney, she would have won Gold because Phillis Francis who won the Gold Medal only ran 49.92. When Bobby analyse the data from this race and finalise Sydney's race plan, the 400m WR of 47.60 will most likely fall before the end of this season at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships or at the Monaco DL. If the WR survives this season it will be by the slimmest of margins and it definitely wouldn't survive the 2024 Olympics Season.

@@philbertgrant3744 As a Track fan, there is no need to disrespect GREATNESS. Think about it, Sydney pushed Dalilah Muhammad to break the 400mh WR twice in 2019, then she came back and broke the WR twice in 2020ne and twice again in 2022. Which other Track Athlete do you know that has done that?

You are VERY right.....Gone to GOLD, whereas Sydney is gone to bust.

Huh

😮😅

@@noelbartley1084 He knows, and you will know before the end of the season.

@@Track.Guru.Monkey Huh

Yes it was an experimental race! Many people didn't get it!

Femke is too slow.

That's exactly what she did...now see knows exactly where she is...all she needs is to strengthen herself to keep that top speed for the last 100m and she will be dipping into the 48.00 bracket soon. But no kidding that girl who won is dominant to be running 49.12 whicj means she already a 48'er under other conditions.

You do that in training, not in a running race !

@@othneilable Marileidy Paulino has the current world lead and has already run under 49 seconds earlier this year and set a national record. She is a major talent.

Sydney isn't going to be hitting sub-49 anytime soon.

​@@bertbaur3066 She is Sydney McLauglin-Levrone, the 400mh World Record Holder, she could do whatever she want in a 400m race.

This was not her first 400m flat it her her first since 2019 but she will improve.

@@wilhelmw3455 yeah i knew that, i mean this is her first ever professionally running in 400m flat

Paulino won!!

Bobby will use the data from this race to formulate the perfect race plan for Sydney to break the 400m WR of 47.60.

They have the same coach

this one is full gas no break limit testing allyson did it same but ease off gas at 125m an 75m conservative an 150m hard an 50m conservative faded a bit but crossed it 1st

You are so clueless, you don't even know what you saw. Sydney is the fastest American 400m runner ever, and only Marita Koch the current 400m WR Holder is faster than her. However, the data from this race suggests that the WR is about to fall and will most likely fall before the end of this season at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships or at the Monaco DL. If the WR survives this season it will be by the slimmest of margins and it definitely wouldn't survive the 2024 Olympics Season. Memba seh mi tell yuh that.

@@Track.Guru.Monkeynope - she lacks top end speed

@@sebbyh9764 If you think that The Great Sydney McLauglin-Levrone lacks top end speed, you're just as clueless as @yardgunner4033 because you don't understand what you were looking at, in the 400m race at the 2023 Paris DL. If you analyze the data, you will see that The Great Sydney McLauglin-Levrone has all 3 prerequisites to break the 400m WR of 47.60, which are; 1-The required speed, 2-Presision control of the required speed under racing conditions, and 3-The required speed endurance. It was just announced that she will be running the 400m at the the USATF New York City Grand Prix which is great news. It means that she is definitely going to go sub 48 on June 24, 2023 at The New York City Grand Prix in order to finalize her race plan to shatter Marita Koch's 400m WR of 47.60 at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships If the WR survives this 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships it will be by the slimmest of margins and it definitely will be shattered at the 2023 World Championships. The 400m WR of 47.60 is definitely not going to survive this season. Memba seh mi tell yuh that. I'm Monkey, the Track Guru and I never miss.

She got beat just live with it.Even other athletes are eyeing for the Paris Olympics

Could say the same about sherika performance over the 100m when shacarri won🤔👀don't u think😉

Paulino in her interview also said she did exactly what she set out to do, wasn't in peak form, and has eyes set on Paris Olympics.

Or....... shes a 49 second runner like she showed today.

It is better she runs Hurdles come world where she thinks it will be a gold flat is not certain

@@lornalewis7262 this is her season opener and she ran that well. There is more to come. I will never underestimate her and her handlers

@@prestonmatthews725 Doesn't matter anyways, Shaunae will destroy her in the 400m anyday anytime. Shaunae is simply unbeatable in the 400m and sydney isn't going to change that

Paulino is not a man, not even close. That’s what many said about miller uibo, now she’s pregnant and those haters just look dumb now.

she's currently bombing

Sure,,,, she lost!!!

Actually she ran the first 200m in 22.66 and 300m in 34.94. At that pace at the 300m mark she was on track to run 46.60 with even splits, when the WR is only 47.60. Bobby will be like a kid in a candy store analyzing the data from this race and formulating a plan for Sydney to shatter the WR this season at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championship or at the Monaco DL. What is certain is that if the WR survive this season it will be by the slimmest of margins but it wouldn't survive the 2024 Olympic season.

Normal dude.. its just u ti feel sorry.. sydney just try to play with their team's game olan

Pay her appearance fee and she will appear to run at your Track Meet.

they better let hat sink in

that makes her a good 200 metres runner, but not a 400.

👏

Jajjajja. 😂😂😂😂. McLaughlin She ain't closed to the world's leading time! When she won the worlds in Budapest

Lolllll next time they step on the track together Pauline isnt even seeing the shadow of sydney she opened her season with -3 wind with 48.75 which is faster than paulino best time when she decides to switch events and probably after the olympics its gonna be over for your girl and she knows it

It was Sydney first 400m. Paulino is great and did really well. The world champs are going to be very fast in the flat 400m. McLaughlin-Levrone, Miller-Uibo, Paulino and more. I can not wait.

@@wynanderasmus227 It was her first 400m flat since 2019 but her first outside the USA.

Sydney wasn't running to win that race, or else she would have been strategic and tracked Paulino for the first 300m and then use her superior speed to runaway from Paulino with ease in the last 100m. What Sydney did was start off at a pace that would shatter the 400m WR of 47.60 and held it until the wheels fell off, so that her coach, Bob Kersee can analyze the data and create the race plan that would give Sydney to best opportunity to break the 400m WR of 47.60. The data shows that Sydney held a pace that was on track to run sub 47.00 through the 300m mark and the wheels fell off at about 330m-340m. If you understand the data you would know that Sydney's performance was absolutely amazing, because it suggests that Sydney is going to break the 400m WR of 47.60 before the end of this season and most likely at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships or at the Monaco DL. Paulino isn't even in Sydney's class and the fact that she was smiling at the end with what she considered a victory, suggests that she have no idea what Sydney and Bobby were really doing in that race.

@@wynanderasmus227 Sydney McLaughlin most likely wouldn't be running the 400m at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest because the schedule don't allow for a 400m and 400mh double. Shaunae Miller-Uibo just give birth to her son and will definitely not be running this season. You will have to settle for Paulino, Salwa Eid Naser and the likes of Britton Wilson in the 400m at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.

Lmao she just ran a 48.74 new WL.

She was following her coach instructions, and looking at the data from this race, this was an amazing performance. In the grand scheme of things Track and Field, the outcome of this race was insignificant. What's more significant is the race plan that he coach will formulate from the date from this race. Stay tuned in for the 400m WR watch that's pending.

@@Track.Guru.Monkey Stay tuned for Salwa Eid Naser being the one getting closest to, if not breaking, the WR

@@WheeJones Salwa Eid Naser was first in line in 2019 when she ran 48.14 but she decided not to train during her suspension and Sydney convinced me that she was the real deal.

@@Track.Guru.Monkey Did Naser really just not train? Where did you find that out? We all know Sydney is legit based on her split times, but I wanna see her go sub-48.5 before I'm convinced of her WR potential

@@WheeJones Indeed, Salwa Eid Naser told me herself that she could not continue training if she could not race, because racing is what motivates her to train. I tried to explain that she would be setting herself back into the pack of 400m athletes who couldn't challenge the 47.60 WR, but I'm not her coach so I didn't even try to tell her what to do.

Sure everything is possible, including losing as here.

Paulino has went sub 49. Britton has not

@@mssha1980 As I said, Paulino would have easily smashed her 48s PB if not for slowing down. Could have hit low 48s for sure due to Sydney's pace as the front runner. And yes you're right after this race Paulino should be regarded as better than Britton by quite a bit, but Britton has been on a streak in recent times so I'm hoping she can hit 48s at some point this year.

No one is laughing at Sydney. It was her who pushed Paulinho. If you watched the race properly, you'll know Paulinho would have ran a low 48, obliterating her PB by a huge margin if she didn't slow down in the final 25-30m stretch.

No she just ran everything out the first 300m and her body tell her to stop that's normal

@@khaliyqabdullah9839 I hope you're right

I hope you are her Doctor to confirm that

The good Doctor 😅. Man y'all too funny. Nothing's wrong in jus giving paulino her dues.

No she simply misjudged the pace.

Lol you can't seriously compare a one hit lucky wonder, who flees in the face of strong competition, to a real deal like Sydney Mclaughlin.

Sydney who😂

Sure, like me saying am going to the Moon. I may wish it, but it remains an unrealistic wish.

No, you can't expect Sydney to hit the mark every single time, especially in an event that she is just beginning to focus on. Paulino was insane in this race. Being pushed by Sydney at the front, if she didn't slow down by the final 25-30m stretch, she would have easily smashed her own PB, hitting low 48s or possibly better. That's an outrageous time. Sydney, whether intentional or not, paced herself incorrectly in this race and had nothing left by the end. It was a strategic error on her part, but even without errors, it would have been difficult to beat Paulino on this day.

So she travelled all the way to Paris for her first 2023 global outdoor competition with the plan to slow down?

@@hermanmertens8383 Did Bolt ran his fastest in diamond league races ? No. He waited for the big stages

@@achilles7430 Usain Bolt lost big stage races, but that is not the point. Did he ever lose on purpose? Anyway: Syd was clearly exhausted due to a fast 200m. Now the question is: was a furious start the plan to find out where it would bring her with the risk she would break or did she expect she would have such a big margin that she could finish first anyway? Slowing down and losing on purpose as you suggest is not part of the discussion here.

Exactly, the World record of running backward......

🤡

Damn give her a break. Season opener, she hasn’t done this race since she was a teen. I think she was strategising and testing the waters.. more to come. You’ll see.

@@CertiDK Damn whiny, have you never seen any one doing perfect in a season opener? Playing around you do that in training or kindergarten not in the 3rd biggest event of track & field. If there was any strategy involved well then it very well showed that her potential ends at 400m.

It's not a 450m race, who cares what could have happened after crossing the finish line

@@myafrosheen since when is the "if" conclusive for you to debate is as such? You should rather learn to read between the lines.

@@ekiamediambedeka5188 I know that you said if but it's a silly sentiment, no different to when someone closes on someone in the 100m, comes second and then people say if it were 110m they would have won. Anyone in this race who was closing in on Sydney yet still lost clearly miscalculated their own strategies and left too much in the tank opposed to not having enough track to run. Sydney hasn't run the 400m in years and still made a massive pb, she'll be fine

Stop the cap. This is 400m, not hurdles

@ofentsemwasefilms Its true....men delay womens progress...

@@BakangSerame exactly, women should marry their dogs and cats instead

You aren't making sense. She got married in May 2022 and then went on to break the 400mh record twice afterwards that year. How is that washed up? Make it make sense.

Words of a no life

A heck of a Bridesmaid.....she seems to win more that the queen, hence she is the QUEEN.

She's great😂

SHE🎉😂❤

Best for fools to keep their mouths shut...

Is that the loser Sydney or not 😂😂Sad

No one knows anymore this days....😅

Well we know that aren't for sure