BANGKOK - As she crossed the line at the Suphachalasai National Stadium on Friday (July 14), Shanti Pereira lifted her arms and screamed in celebration. She had just done the unthinkable, writing herself into the history books as she became Singapore's first gold medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships. Singapore's sprint queen clocked a sizzling 11.20 seconds to win the...
BANGKOK - As she crossed the line at the Suphachalasai National Stadium on Friday , Shanti Pereira lifted her arms and screamed in celebration.
Despite being a tad slower off the blocks, the 26-year-old ended her race superbly to finish ahead of Iran's Farzaneh Fasihi and China's Ge Manqi . "On top of winning, it was also the time. At first, I was the SEA Games champion, now I'm the Asian champion, it's freaking crazy." The magnitude of her medal feat had not sunk in for Pereira in her post-race interview at the mixed zone, but the tears flowed freely as she stood atop the podium with the national anthem playing in the background."Never," said Pereira, who did not make the final of the 2019 edition where she finished 11th in the semi-finals.
She owns this season's fastest 200m time in Asia. Her national record of 22.69 sec is 0.21 sec faster than the No. 2 time held by Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser.
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