Just days before her 200m victory, Shanti Pereira ended Singapore's nearly 50-year wait for a track and field medal at the Asian Games with a silver in the women's 100m.
Asian Games 200m gold medallist Shanti Pereira at the victory ceremony in Hangzhou, China, on Oct 2, 2023. “I was just soaking it in … actually being on that podium and listening to the anthem being played at the Asian Games,” she told CNA on Tuesday , less than 24 hours after from her historic 200m Asian Games victory.
Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira during her 200m final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Oct 2, 2023. Singapore's Shanti Pereira crosses the finish line to win the women's 200m final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Oct 2, 2023. In May this year, Pereira became the first Singaporean woman to win both the 100m and 200m events at the same edition ofafter a stellar showing in the 200m. She also met the qualifying mark for the event at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira celebrating her 200m win at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Oct 2, 2023. “These have been the people that have stuck with me through it all, and just never stopped believing in me, even though I might have stopped believing in myself maybe at certain periods of time,” she said.When her parents Clarence and Jeet finally met her later that evening, a shared embrace said it all, said the sprinter.
And Pereira has matured. She is an athlete able to deal with expectations and pressure, an athlete made wiser by the “journey”.
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