Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Paula Barila Bolopa ita ce kawai 'yar takarar Equatorial Guinea da ta halarci yin iyo a wasannin Olympics na Sydney kuma tana da shekaru 20 a lokacin taron na shekara hudu. Ba ta shiga cikin wasannin Olympics na baya ba. Kamar Moussambani, Bolopa ta cancanci shiga wasannin ne a matsayin wildcard saboda ba ta cika mafi ƙarancin ka'idojin cancanta ba don tseren mita 50 na mata
Ka yi haƙuri. Ta fara yin iyo watanni biyu da rabi kafin wasannin. Bolopa ya halarci zagayen farko a ranar 22 ga Satumba, ya zama na biyu daga cikin mahalarta uku da suka shiga, tare da lokacin minti daya da dakika 3.97. Lokaci ya kafa sabon tarihi a matsayin mafi jinkiri ga 'yar wasa a tarihin wasannin Olympic na' yan mata na mita 50 kuma ya ninka lokacin da ya fi jinkiri na mafi sauri a cikin wasan. Ta sami goyon baya da ƙarfafawa daga masu kallo. Bolopa ya gama na biyu a bayan Moe Thu Aung na Myanmar mai nasara (26.80 seconds) bayan da aka cire mai halarta na uku Fatema Hameed Gerashi na Bahrain saboda farawa mara kyau. Ta gama 73rd kuma ta ƙarshe daga cikin duk masu iyo, kuma ba ta ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe ba saboda ta kasance 35.90 seconds a hankali fiye da ɗan takara mafi jinkiri wanda ya ci gaba bayan zagaye na farko. Bayan taron, Bolopa ta ce ta gaji sosai saboda wannan ne karo na farko da ta yi iyo a cikin wurin ninkaya mai girman gasar Olympics.