PHNOM PENH – In 11.41 seconds on Friday, history was made in Singapore sport as sprint queen Shanti Pereira claimed gold in the 100m to become the first local woman to complete the sprint double at the SEA Games. The 26-year-old powered past her rivals in the blue riband...
PHNOM PENH – In 11.41 seconds on Friday, history was made in Singapore sport as sprint queen Shanti Pereira claimed gold in the 100m to become the first local woman to complete the sprint double at the SEA Games.
The 26-year-old powered past her rivals in the blue riband event to claim top spot, with Thailand’s Supanich Poolkerd and Thi Nhi Yen Tran of Vietnam finishing second and third respectively. With the victory at the Morodok Techo National Stadium, the region’s fastest woman now has four gold medals at the biennial event.
This is her first win in the 100m at the SEA Games after finishing third in 2015, 2017 and 2019 before winning a silver at the 2022 edition in in Hanoi.In doing so, she also obliterated Kristina Knott’s Games record of 23.01sec and bettered her previous national mark of 22.89. On the same day, her closest challenger – defending champion Kayla Richardson of the Philippines – pulled up halfway through Heat 1 and did not finish the race.
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