BANGKOK — Her celebrations were not as exuberant this time, but Shanti Pereira had delivered once again. Just two days after winning the women's 100m crown at the Asian Athletics Championships, Pereira was first to the line at the Suphachalasai National Stadium in the 200m final on Sunday (July 16), sealing an unprecedented sprint double at the continental meet. While...
BANGKOK — Her celebrations were not as exuberant this time, but Shanti Pereira had delivered once again.
Speaking to The Straits Times, Pereira said: "Friday was my first individual event, the emotions were crazy and that was after five races, now it's eight and it's 200m… so now I'm just really tired but soon enough the emotions will sink in and I did a championship record, which is crazy. Not even delays before the race could stop her. The start was held up by about five minutes, but Pereira stuck to her routine, doing her warm-up before sitting on the cone at the starting block as she waited for the race to begin.
Earlier, Obiena's compatriot Robyn Brown had won the women's 400m hurdles in 57.50sec, while the Thai men's 4x100m quartet also struck gold in 38.55sec, much to the delight of the home crowd. Her coach Luis Cunha certainly believes she has. Struggling to find the words to describe her feats, the Portuguese said: "She almost hit the championship record on Friday and she did today, which means no one ran faster than her ever...
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