PHNOM PENH: Shanti Pereira’s great run of form in 2023 continued on Monday (May 8) as the Singaporean sprinter took gold in the women's 200m final at the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, smashing national and meet records in the process. Pereira, who is the defending champion in
PHNOM PENH: Shanti Pereira’s great run of form in 2023 continued on Monday as the Singaporean sprinter took gold in the women's 200m final at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, smashing national and meet records in the process.
Pereira, who is the defending champion in the event, clocked a time of 22.69s at the Morodok Techo National Stadium.Games record of 23.01s, set by Philippines’ Kristina Knott in 2019. Singaporean sprinter Shanti Pereira took gold in the women's 200m final at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games on May 8, 2023.
Singaporean sprinter Shanti Pereira celebrates winning the women's 200m final at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games on May 8, 2023. Knott, the 2019 champion, finished a distant fourth this year in 23.79s, behind Vietnam's Thi Nhi Yen Tran who took silver and Malaysian Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli in third place .Singapore’s sprint queen comes into this year's regional meet in a scintillating vein of form, having smashed a number of national records in March and April.heats at the Australian Track and Field Open in Brisbane – the fastest timing set by an Asian woman in 2023.
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