Wednesday Day 6 of the competition at the World Athletics  Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon was a shining light for The Bahamas. 

In the heats of the women’s 400 meters, two-time Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo got out of the blocks quickly and cruised through her heat. Shaunae won heat one with a time of 49.55 seconds, a full half-second ahead of Candice McLeod of Jamaica. 

Overall. Miller-Uibo was 0.43 seconds ahead of Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic. The 28-year-old Miller-Uibo indicated in an interview after the race that she wanted to get through the round as easy as possible in order to focus on the finals. Miller-Uibo clearly indicated that her ultimate goal was to bring home another gold medal. 

Eight athletes advanced to the final round which will take place on Friday evening at Hayward Field.