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Zudikey Rodríguez
Mexican sprinter and hurdler
Zudikey Rodríguez Núñez (born 14 March 1987 in Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico) is a Mexican sprinter and hurdler.[1][2][3] Her personal best time for the 200 metres is 23.18 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Puebla.
Then she moved up a distance to run 400 metres. She was member of the silver medal-winning Mexican 4×400 relay team at the 2007 Pan American Games. She also placed eighth in the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 2010, she switched to the 400 metres hurdles event. In her first competitive race, she set a Mexican record of 56.10 seconds (previous record was 57.78 by Mayra González). She went on to become the hurdles champion at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.
During the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games where she won the silver in the 400 meters hurdles and bronze in the 4 x 400 meters relay, she tested positive for a banned substance, methylhexanamine, commonly used as nasal decongestant, she was consequently suspended for six months from 3 August 2010 to 4 February 2011.[4]
