CNA spoke to Singapore's sprint queen about her recent injury, the subsequent recovery, and preparations for the Paris Olympics.
CNA spoke to Singapore's sprint queen about her recent injury, the subsequent recovery, and preparations for the Paris Olympics .
The injury got a bit more"worrying" after she competed in a 400m race at the University of Florida. Pereira finished fifth and also became the first Singaporean woman to win both the 100m and 200m events at the same edition of the SEA Games in May."I took a couple of days to just be sad, basically," said Pereira." just very upset. It's just a downer every time you miss these opportunities."The sprinter first burst into the nation's consciousness at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games when she took gold in the 200m, clocked a personal best and set a new national record.
"It's important to be patient in this process. Ultimately, it is still a process even though it was a setback," she said. "We went straight into ... what can we do in this period of time to still put in good training sessions and still get strong in other areas without aggravating it even more," she explained.
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