#TurningPoints: Paula Sevilla talks about her life changing race!

At the Millrose Games, RunBlogRun’s Jeff Benjamin asked a dozen athletes what the race or event was that let them know they could be elite at Track & Field. We call these moments, #TurningPoints.

Paula Sevilla is a Spanish sprinter.

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Paula has won titles in Spain at the 100 meters (2019, 202), 200 meters (2022), and in 2025, Paula won the 400 meters indoors.

At the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Paula Sevilla took third in hard fought 400 meter indoors, taking the bronze medal in the 400 meters, in 50.99 seconds, equalling the Spanish National record.

Paula Sevilla represents Spain in the 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter relays, having made the National team for Espana that competed at Paris 2024 (4x100m relay), and 4x 100m/4x400m in Eugene 2022 and Budapest 2023. In 2025, Paula Sevilla made the semi-finals of the 400 meters, running 50.69 seconds.

Paula Sevilla, photo courtesy of Madrid Indoor Meeting

Paula Sevilla has run 11.35 for the 100 meters (2022), 22.73 for the 200 meters (#2 on all-time list in Espana) and 50.69 outdoors and 50.99 indoors for the 400 meters.

Paula has also competed in the 4×100 meter relayas and 4 x 400m relays that set the recent National records.

RunBlogRun spoke with Paula at the presser for the Meeting Madrid presser, which was held in the Calle de Gallur on February 5, 2026. At that press point, RunBlogRun asked Paula about the race that let her know that she could be an elite athlete in track & field:

In #turningpoints, we ask athletes if there was a race or event that let them know that they could be an elite athlete in Track & Field. RunBlogRun asked #PaulaSevilla, who took bronze in the European Indoors in 2025.

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— RunBlogRun (@RunBlogRun) February 19, 2026

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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