'She always fights to the end': Shanti Pereira's Asian Games triumph as told by those who know her best

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Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira won the 200m gold and clinched the 100m silver in this year's Asian Games.

Clarence and Jeet Pereira and their daughter, Shanti Pereira . Shanti Pereira won the women’s 200m at the Asian Games on Oct 2, 2023. HANGZHOU, China: It was an Asian Games gold medal won by Singapore's sprint queen Shanti Pereira, but a victory shared by many – in particular, her parents, her coach Luis Cunha and her boyfriend Tan Zong Yang., Pereira took a moment to savour the victory before turning back down the track with a Singapore flag in hand.

"Waiting for the event to take place was really nerve wracking, prayers were really important," added Jeet."She did well for all of us. I'm really proud of her.""To be honest, at 50m when I saw her pulling away, I was half sure she was going to win," said Tan."She's very strong, and I know she always fights to the end."

But with it came the enormity of expectations. Coupled with injuries, some people wrote Pereira off over the next few years. Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira celebrating her 200m win at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Oct 2, 2023.

 

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