"She will be a force in Paris"; "Paulino has major competition"- Fans react as Salwa Eid Naser drops a sub-50 400m run ahead of Paris Olympics

Salwa Eid Naser won the women’s 400m race at the Resisprint La Chaux-De-Fonds in Switzerland. Naser dropped a sub-50 performance, clocking 49.66 to soar to victory.

Naser beat Henriette Jæger of Norway, forcing her to take the second spot in a national record time of 49.85, while Great Britain’s Victoria Ohuruogu finished third in 51.03.

Salwa Eid Naser was competing in her eighth race of the season. She opened her season at the Felix Sanchez Classic in the Dominican Republic where she claimed the win.

The 26-year-old then raced at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix and The HBCU Pro Classic where she finished ninth and fifth, respectively. Naser bounced back to winning ways at the NACAC New Life Invitational in the Bahamas before her second-place finish at the 6th Irena Szewińska Memorial.

She posted her first sub-50 performance at the Diamond League Meeting in Paris, finishing third in 49.82, and won the Meeting Internacional Ciudad de Málaga before her recent win on Sunday.

Fans have lauded her consistency, insisting that she is peaking at the right time ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The women’s 400m will be an exciting race and fans narrowed down on Marileidy Paulino, Rhasidat Adeleke, Natalia Kaczmarek, and now Salwa Eid Naser as the athletes to watch out for at the Olympic Games.

A post shared by Track and Field Gazette on X elicited reactions from fans, with one commenting:

"Salwa is BACK! Paulino has major competition. Salwa, Kazmareck, Adeleke."

Another fan wrote:

"She's peaking at the right time."

Another fan predicted the times at the Olympics, saying:

"Everyone in that 400m final gonna go sub 50 in Paris"

Here are some more reactions from fans.

"Paulino better hope she don’t pull a 2019 at the olympics for gold👀," a fan wrote.

"Y’all need to be afraid. This girl is dropping her times rapidly," added another fan.

"As I said the other day this is what you literally call running yourself into shape! She will be a force in Paris," a fan commented.

Salwa Eid Naser hunting for first Olympic medal as all roads lead to Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Salwa Eid Naser at the 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019

Bahrani sprinter Salwa Eid Naser will make her Olympic comeback in Paris after missing out on the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games due to a ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit.

The former world 400m champion found herself on the wrong side of the law with the Athletics Integrity Unit over missed drug tests and was handed a two-year ban. Salwa Eid Naser’s ban began on June 30, 2021, and ended early last year.

She is now back on track and ready for the challenge that awaits her at the Olympic Games. All eyes will be on her as she looks to claim the title following the withdrawal of defending Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo.

The 26-year-old made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics but failed to reach the 400m final after being eliminated in the semifinals. She finished third, clocking 50.88 but her time was not among the fastest in the semifinals, cutting short her Olympic dream.