Leonie Beu took the 100m track in front of a crowded Stade de France at 6:35PM PNG Time. In Heat 4 of the Preliminary Round, the 25-year-old from Morobe and Oro Province placed behind Bolivia's Guadalupe Torrez (11.6s) and Sao Tome & Principe's Gorete Semedo (11.44s). Beu qualified for Round 1 after coming third in the preliminary round with a personal best time of 11.63 seconds. Round 1 saw 17 of the 36 competitors from the preliminary move on. Beu advanced to Round 1 and faced 71 other competitors in Heat 5 to secure a spot in the Semi Finals. Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain (world ranked #6) and Ewa Swoboda of Poland (world ranked #5) were on the starting line alongside Beu (world ranked #561). Following Brazilian competitor Carolina Azevedo's false start, Beu finished the race with a slower response time of 0.252 seconds compared to her previous best of 0.182 seconds. Beu, who placed eighth in Round 1 with a time of 11.73 seconds, expressed satisfaction with her performance. “I feel so good about the preliminary round.” “Standing at the start line for round 1, I could feel that the race was going to be a fast race.” Beu said her motto is: “Nothing Secret, Just hard work.”