Shanti Pereira defends 200m title at Asian Games
Singaporean sprinter makes history as first woman to win the 200m twice at the continental Games
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Singapore's Shanti Pereira successfully defended her women's 200m title at the Asian Games in Nagoya, becoming the first woman to win the event twice at the continental competition.
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Shanti Pereira previously won the 200m title at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
Most of Sunday’s athletics events at the Asian Games were seen by many as background noise to the women’s javelin clash between China sensation Yan Ziyi and Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi, although don’t dare suggest that to Singapore’s Shanti Pereira.
While the much-anticipated throwing competition was ultimately as damp as the rain that blanketed Nagoya for much of the day, Pereira’s breathless victory in the women’s 200m was everything sprinting is supposed to be.
The 30-year-old’s successful defence of the crown she won in Hangzhou also raced her into the history books, as the first woman to win the event twice at the continental Games.
