Marileidy Paulino and Audrey Werro Dominate World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest

Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won the women's 400 meters at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest with a time of 49.07 seconds. Paulino, who entered the event as the favorite, secured the first place prize of 150,000 US dollars. The podium was completed by Henriette Jæger of Norway in second place with a time of 49.28 or 49.29 seconds, and Nickisha Pryce of Jamaica in third place with 49.56 seconds. Chile's Martina Weil finished in fifth place with a time of 50.0 seconds, which marked her best performance of the season.

In the women's 800 meters, Switzerland's Audrey Werro won the gold medal and the 150,000 US dollar top prize with a time of 1 minute 55.88 seconds. British Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson took second place in 1:56.26, while Femke Broeders-Bol of the Netherlands finished third. Hodgkinson noted that a hamstring injury sustained during the European championships had limited her speed work preparation.

Other results from the championship included Klaudia Kazimierska of Poland winning the women's 1500 meters in 3:57.55, beating Georgia Hunter-Bell. In the men's 400 meters, Botswana's Busang Collen Kebinatatshipi won with a national record of 43.39 seconds, while Hungary's Attila Molnár finished eighth in 45.10 seconds. Additionally, Melisa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 100 meters in 10.62 seconds, and Kenneth Bednarek won the men's 100 meters in 9.85 seconds. In field events, Greece's Tentoglu won the men's long jump and the United States' Sandi Morris won the women's pole vault.