Shanti fever: Pritam Singh momentarily halts MPS for Sprint Queen's historic win

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“Well done Shanti - 200m sprint champion! MPS was temporarily halted to revel in your victory!! #teamsingapore,' he wrote shortly after her historic win

“Well done Shanti - 200m sprint champion! MPS was temporarily halted to revel in your victory!! #teamsingapore," he wrote shortly after her historic win

Everyone, it seemed, held their breath to watch the 200m on Monday night, including Workers’ Party chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh, who paused his Meet the People Session for the race.Mr Singh posted a photo of his laptop showing the event, with Shanti at the lead, against a backdrop of MPS paraphernalia.

He added that her gold marked Singapore’s third in the games so far, after world champion kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder and sailor Ryan Lo.

 

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