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SINGAPORE - In biblical times, a boy named David defeated the giant Goliath with a slingshot. In recent times, Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira has been slaying her rivals with her own slingshot on the track. Excitedly, the 200m specialist states that h'It's like boom!': Shanti Pereira on how 'slingshot' on the track thrusts her towards finish line
SINGAPORE - In biblical times, a boy named David defeated the giant Goliath with a slingshot. In recent times, Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira has been slaying her rivals with her own slingshot on the track. Excitedly, the 200m specialist states that her favourite part of the race is when she exits the curve and «slingshots» into the straight. «It's like 'boom!', she says. »If you exit the curve well with a good slingshot, you get that rev to move up a gear and you can feel that propulsion towards the finish line.« Interestingly, men's 200m world champion Noah Lyles also uses a motor racing analogy to describe his race. Likening it to Nascar, he says: »Coming around the turn, you're trying to generate all that force and have that (imaginary) rope swing you around in a circle and whip you off the turn. «You're conserving energy, but you're also generating more energy. If you do it right, you feel like you're running down a hill. It feels like you're weightless.» After a period of stagnation and self-doubt, Pereira is running like a load has been lifted off her shoulders. Read more